By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rhett Lowder allowed three hits over six innings as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Saturday night, giving the right-hander his first win since 2024 after missing all of last season because of injuries.
Graham ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jonathan Aranda hit a two-run double, Yandy Díaz drove in two runs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Saturday night.
Aranda's double highlighted a three-run second inning, and Díaz later added an RBI triple as Tampa Bay rallied behind a strong start ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tobias Harris scored 19 points, and Daniss Jenkins added 16 points and 14 assists as the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 116-93 Saturday night to clinch the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The last time the Pistons (56-21) were the top seed in the ...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Athletics pitchers were in a giving mood on Saturday as they issued 13 walks in their 11-0 loss to the Houston Astros.
Right-hander Luis Morales (0-2) set the pace for the control problems by Athletics pitchers. Morales gave up five runs on eight hits and six ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin had his 14th career hat trick and added an assist to become the 23rd player in NHL history to reach 1,400 career points, and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed the Florida Panthers 9-4 on Saturday to eliminate the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions from ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nick Yorke singled home Bryan Reynolds in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
Reynolds doubled against Ryan Helsley (0-1) with one out. Baltimore then ...
LONDON (AP) — Former world champion Deontay Wilder sent Derek Chisora into retirement by edging their chaotic heavyweight fight in the O2 Arena on Saturday.
The boxers, aged 40 and 42 respectively, threw hopeful knockout punches and barely jabbed. Both slipped and fell to the canvas ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Austin Reaves has a Grade 2 oblique muscle injury that will force him to miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers' regular season along with Luka Doncic, the team announced Saturday.
Reaves and Doncic both incurred potentially significant injuries on Thursday in Oklahoma ...
By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit two-run doubles in the first and second innings and Andy Pages added a three-run homer in the fifth to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-5 rout of the Washington Nationals on Saturday.
Pages went 3 for 5 to ...
By DANA GAURUDER Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander's long-awaited return to Comerica Park as a member of the Detroit Tigers was put on hold Saturday.
Verlander, the major league's oldest active player at 43, was placed on the 15-day injured list with left hip ...
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — South Carolina battered and bruised UConn in the women's NCAA Tournament semifinals, ending the Huskies' undefeated season while sending their coach to the end of his rope.
That was just a prelude to the second Final Four game, in which ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson opened the ninth inning with back-to-back home runs, sending the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Grant Holmes held the Diamondbacks to one hit through six innings, matching zeros with Arizona starter ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — Dawn Staley and South Carolina are back in the NCAA Tournament title game after knocking off unbeaten UConn and Geno Auriemma in a physical contest that ended with a heated exchange between the game's most recognizable ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum added 23, and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics capitalized on another fast start in a 133-101 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.
Tatum was an assist shy of his ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer
PHOENIX (AP) — UConn's Geno Auriemma was not a happy man.
With the officiating. With his team's performance. With South Carolina coach Dawn Staley.
The Huskies coach ripped into the officiating during a live TV interview and then had a heated argument ...
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer
DALLAS (AP) — Wendell Carter Jr. scored 28 points and the Orlando Magic beat Dallas 138-127 on Friday night, overcoming a 51-point showing from rookie No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and handing the Mavericks their 14th consecutive loss at home.
Desmond Bane ...
By ADAM SPOLANE Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets won their fifth straight game, beating the Utah Jazz 140-106 on Friday night.
Durant shot 8 of 12 from the field and added five assists. It was the 45th time this season he's scored 20 ...
By ADRY TORRES Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — OG Anunoby scored 31 points, Mitchell Robinson had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the New York Knicks routed the Chicago Bulls 136-96 on Friday night in a game they led by 47 points.
Anunoby was 9 for 15 from the field, including 7 for 10 ...
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 22 points, Kon Knueppel added 20 and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Indiana Pacers 129-108 on Friday night for their eighth victory in 10 games.
Miles Bridges scored 19 points and LaMelo Ball had 18 points and ...
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Chase DeLauter has developed a knack for memorable openers.
DeLauter became the first Cleveland player to make his major league debut in last year's AL Wild Card series against Detroit.
On March 26 at Seattle, DeLauter became the seventh ...