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Mercado has 5 RBIs to lead Cardinals over Dodgers 10-5

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Oscar Mercado drove in five runs and Paul DeJong hit a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-5 on Sunday. St. Louis has won 11 of 14 after a 10-24 start to the season. Los Angles dropped three of four games in the series and lost its ...

Bailey hits 1st big league homer, squeezes in a run, Giants beat Marlins 7-5

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit his first major league homer and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Sunday for their fifth win in six games. Two days after making his major league debut and less than 24 hours after ...

Graham Rahal bumped out of Indianapolis 500 field by teammate Harvey

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Graham Rahl sat on the sidepod of his No. 15 car, head in hands, sobbing as his children tried to steal a hug Sunday. There was no consoling Rahal this time. Thirty-eight minutes after bumping Jack Harvey off the Indianapolis 500 starting grid, Harvey returned the favor ...

Ohtani strikes out 9, Moniak delivers big hit as Angels defeat Twins 4-2

Ohtani strikes out 9, Moniak delivers big hit as Angels defeat Twins 4-2 By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani struck out nine in six innings, Mickey Moniak delivered his second big hit of the series and the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Minnesota Twins 4-2. ...

Larson dominates for third NASCAR All-Star race win, takes home $1 million

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson turned in a dominating effort to win his third All-Star race and earn $1 million Sunday night in the Cup Series' return to North Wilkesboro Speedway following a 27-year absence. Larson became only the fourth driver to win the All-Star race at least ...

Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf's elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title. Determined as ever to restore his reputation as ...

Haney retains lightweight titles with unanimous decision over Lomachenko

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney retained his titles by winning a controversial unanimous decision over former three-division champion Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden. Lomachenko dominated the latter rounds and outpunched Haney, ...

Gallo homers for 4th time in 7 games, Twins beat Angels 6-2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Joey Gallo homered for the fourth time in seven games, Trevor Larnach hit an RBI triple that turned into a Little League home run and the Minnesota Twins defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Saturday night. Shohei Ohtani hit his 11th home run of the season for the ...

Major league-leading Rays get 3 home runs, beat Brewers 8-4

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Harold Ramírez, Yandy Díaz and Christian Bethancourt homered, and the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Saturday. Zach Eflin (6-1) allowed three runs, four hits and struck out eight for the Rays (34-14), who improved to 21-3 ...

Koepka a tough customer on a tough day to lead PGA Championship

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has his health back, along with his swagger. Now he gets another chance to restore his reputation as golf's toughest customer in the toughest championships. Oak Hill was every bit of that on a rainy Saturday in the PGA Championship, and Koepka was up to ...

Gilbert records 15 straight outs, Mariners overpower Braves, 7-3

ATLANTA (AP) — After seeing the Atlanta Braves attack his fastball in the first inning, Logan Gilbert needed to change his strategy to keep Seattle in the game. Gilbert's splitter saved the day. Gilbert recovered from a rocky first inning to retire 15 consecutive hitters, Eugenio Suárez ...