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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Justin Verlander had another splendid start to lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 win over the Texas Rangers. Verlander scattered six singles across six scoreless innings without a walk to earn his major league-leading sixth win. The 39-year-old right-hander, who made his return from Tommy

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mookie Betts stumbled rounding second base – a rare misstep for one of baseball’s most all-around All-Stars — and braced his fall with his left hand. Betts popped up clutching his left arm as he bounced back to second. His stinger temporarily gave the Dodgers quite

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Heat guard Jimmy Butler will not play in the second half of Game 3 of their Eastern Conference finals matchup with Boston because of inflammation in his right knee. Miami made the announcement at the start of the second half. Butler also missed Game 5 of

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt went 4 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4. Goldschmidt extended his hitting streak to 14 games and his on-base streak to 28. His two-run double capped a four-run second inning. The Pirates’

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Randy Arozarena hit a pair of homers, Jeffrey Springs threw shutout ball into the sixth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays spoiled the debut of Baltimore Orioles top prospect Adley Rutschman with a 6-1 victory. The switch-hitting Rutschman was the No. 1 pick in the 2019 draft.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Carlos Vela and Jose Cifuentes scored second-half goals and Los Angeles FC outlasted two lengthy weather delays to beat the Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday. The two teams waited out a 2-hour, 55-minute delay to begin the match, played for four minutes and then sat for a 70-minute delay before playing

MIAMI (AP) — William Contreras homered twice,  Ronald Acuña Jr. extended his two-season on-base streak to 28 games and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 4-3. Acuña singled, walked twice, stole a base and scored a run. His string began last summer and was interrupted when the star outfielder injured his knee in Miami

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The All-Stars during qualifying Saturday night were the pit crew members for Kyle Busch. He is on the pole for NASCAR’s annual $1 million non-points exhibition race at Texas. Busch won the final round of an unusual elimination bracket involving the pit crews doing

By The Associated Press Chicago White Sox star Tim Anderson has accused Yankees slugger Josh Donaldson of making a racist remark during Saturday’s game and Major League Baseball is looking into the incident. Anderson, one of the sport’s leading Black voices, said Donaldson asked him, “What’s up, Jackie?” — a reference to Jackie Robinson, the

BOSTON (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have signed veteran slugger Justin Upton to a one-year contract. Upton is a four-time All-Star who was released by the Los Angeles Angels on April 8 heading into the final season of a $106 million, five-year guaranteed contract. Seattle must pay him only a prorated share of the $700,000

CINCINNATI (AP) — Tommy McNamara scored in the 89th minute to send the New England Revolution to a 3-2 victory over FC Cincinnati in a match that began 90 minutes late because of a weather delay. McNamara’s match-winner was a first-timer to the far post off a pass from Brandon Bye. New England (4-5-3) took

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Filly Secret Oath finished fourth in the Preakness after trailing the field for much of the race. The winner of the Kentucky Oaks showed well her second time facing high-caliber colts. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said it just wasn’t Secret Oath’s day. Jockey

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jonathan Osorio scored in the 89th minute to help Toronto FC earn a 2-2 draw with DC United. Osorio, who missed the previous three matches with a lower-body injury, was in the right place to tap in a rebound for the equalizer. Edison Flores gave United (4-6-2) an early lead with a

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington departed Game 3 of the second round against Colorado after colliding with Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri 6:45 into the first period. Kadri was attacking the St. Louis net when he got his skates tangled up with Blues defenseman Calle Rosen.

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tiger Woods is out of the PGA Championship after a painful third round at Southern Hills. He posted a 79 for his highest score ever in the PGA. It also was his third-highest score in a major. When the third round ended, the PGA of

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Epicenter became the first horse since Bodemeister in 2012 to be the runner-up in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Each loss carried its own type of frustration. In the Derby, Epicenter ran a big race but was passed by 80-1 longshot Rich Strike at the

By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — It’s been a long time since Bubba Watson contended for the PGA Championship. And he was right there for a while on Saturday. An up-and-down third round at blustery Southern Hills put Watson tantalizingly close to the lead until he faded late with some trouble

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — First-round leader Rory McIlroy’s stellar start turned into a stunning slide down the leaderboard. He offset four birdies with three bogeys, a double and a triple during his wild ride around Southern Hills on Saturday. By the time he missed a 15-footer for par at