Month: August 2022

By STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Ian Foster will remain as All Blacks head coach until his contract expires after next year’s World Cup. His position was saved in part by New Zealand’s Rugby Championship away win over South Africa last weekend. The board of New Zealand Rugby met in

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Yoán Moncada came through with the go-ahead single in the eighth inning for the second straight game, and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Houston Astros 4-3. The White Sox have won five straight. They moved within a game of AL Central leader Cleveland.

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Elvis Andrus homered against his former team, Shea Langeliers doubled on the first pitch he saw in the big leagues and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 5-1. Oakland ended a nine-game losing streak. Andrus spent his first 12 seasons with Texas before a

By GARY SCHATZ Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Rhys Hoskins homered twice and drove in five runs as the Philadelphia Phillies posted the 10,000th win in franchise history, beating the Cincinnati Reds 11-4. Philadelphia became the last of the original eight National League franchises to reach the mark. At 10,000-11,163, the Phillies are the only

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt and Tommy Edman homered, and St. Louis scored the winning run when Tyler O’Neill was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, leading the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Rockies. Andrew Knizner and

WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Wisdom drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 7-5. Wisdom led off the inning with a double down the left-field line against Victor Arano, scoring automatic runner Willson Contreras. Wisdom then went to third on a wild pitch and scored on

By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sonny Gray matched his season high with 10 strikeouts and Gio Urshela had four hits as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 9-0. Gilberto Celestino homered and Luis Arraez picked up three more hits to raise his MLB-best batting average to .336. The Twins moved

MIAMI (AP) — Nick Fortes hit two solo homers and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, leading the Miami Marlins to a 4-3 win over San Diego Padres. Peyton Burdick hit a tiebreaking RBI double that scored Fortes, who had singled off Luis García (4-6) and advanced on a groundout. The Marlins ended

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Cedric Mullins and Adley Rutschman hit back-to-back home runs, Ramón Urías drove in the tiebreaking run in the sixth inning and the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2, giving surging Baltimore its 10th win in 14 August games. Dean Kremer (5-4) matched his career high by

By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the Tampa Bay staff made it stand up, leading the Rays over the skidding New York Yankees 3-1. Starter Jeffrey Springs and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and the crowd of

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Charlie Morton was dominant on the mound, Matt Olson and Robbie Grossman went deep, and the Atlanta Braves made it eight straight with a 5-0 victory over the NL East-leading New York Mets. After dropping four of five in New York less than two weeks ago,

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A monitor in Arizona’s dugout at Oracle Park showed a live television feed during the first inning of Monday night’s game between the Diamondbacks and Giants. D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said a day later that he quickly informed umpires about the technical snafu. Arizona lost

CHICAGO (AP) — Houston Astros left fielder Aledmys Díaz has exited the game against the Chicago White Sox because of discomfort in his left groin. Diaz caught Yasmani Grandal’s line drive to end the third inning. He was replaced by Chas McCormick in the bottom of the fourth. Diaz came into the game batting .254

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Pivetta pitched one-hit ball for seven innings for his first win since June 24, and the Boston Red Sox scored four runs in the first inning on their way to a 5-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates’ only hit off Pivetta came on Ben

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has expressed no regret for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants against Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics half a century ago. Eleven Israeli athletes and a German police officer died after the Black September group took hostages at the Olympic Village in

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer The U.S. women’s basketball team will have a lot of new faces when the Americans play in the FIBA World Cup next month in Australia. South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the lone college player among the 29 invited to the USA Basketball training camp that will begin in Las

ATLANTA (AP) — For the second night in a row, the starting pitcher for the New York Mets has left a game at Atlanta after working just two innings. Taijuan Walker was lifted because of back spasms. The right-hander was replaced in the third by R.J. Alvarez, who quickly gave up a homer to Robbie

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford showed no throwing limitations while fully participating in a scrimmage with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday. Stafford’s smooth play further underlined the Super Bowl-winning quarterback’s declaration that his injured elbow will be fine. Stafford made all sorts of throws during the

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — First-year Las Vegas Raiders coach Josh McDaniels has been searching this preseason for a dependable offensive line to protect Derek Carr once the start starts. The Raiders have used 14 offensive linemen in 13 rotations across 20 possessions in their first two preseason games in a

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks seem likely to be relying on a pair of rookie tackles on their offensive line. Left tackle Charles Cross was Seattle’s first-round pick. Right tackle Abe Lucas was drafted in the third round. They’ve both impressed during the offseason program and training

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox manager Tony La Russa got a kick out of the idea that a screaming spectator convinced him to insert a pinch-runner during Chicago’s winning rally against the Houston Astros on Monday night. La Russa insisted Tuesday he had no idea a fan near the

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Lewis Cine has packed more life experiences into 22 years than the typical NFL rookie. He’s not worried if he’s not in the starting lineup at safety for the Vikings at the beginning of his first season. The first-round draft pick from Georgia was

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Both defenses were feeling good about themselves after the first of two days of joint practices between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints before the teams face off in an exhibition game Friday. The frequent mistakes by Green Bay’s offense had reigning