By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit a tiebreaking single in a four-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat Minnesota 4-2 Saturday night to open a 1 1/2-game lead over the Twins for the second AL wild card. "That's what you dream of," ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Most of the talk about Missouri in the offseason centered around quarterback Brady Cook and All-American wide receiver Luther Burden III, and the way the ninth-ranked Tigers' high-octane offense could put them in the College Football ...
By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jose Quintana earned his 100th career win with 6 2/3 sharp innings as the surging New York Mets extended their longest winning streak in more than six years Saturday with a 4-0 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. A slumping Harrison Bader ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Cam Ward passed for 304 yards and three touchdowns in his first home start for Miami, then he capped his day with a rushing score and the 12th-ranked Hurricanes beat Florida A&M 56-9 on Saturday night. Ward's first pass was ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka left the U.S. Open in tears 12 months ago as the runner-up. She exited in the semifinals each of the two years before that, other losses that were difficult to digest. On Saturday, Sabalenka was in a joking mood after ...
By CURT RALLO Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Kanon Woodill hit a 35-yard field goal with 31 seconds to play, Cade Haberman blocked a 62-yard try as time expired and Northern Illinois stunned No. 5 Notre Dame 16-14 on Saturday. Haberman blocked the 62-yard attempt by Notre ...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart completed his first 24 passes to set Southeastern Conference and school records, finishing 25 of 27 for 377 yards in No. 6 Mississippi's 52-3 victory over Middle Tennessee State on Saturday. The streak ended when Dart and Tre Harris couldn't connect on a ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kyle Konrardy made a 54-yard field goal with six seconds left to give Iowa State a 20-19 victory over No. 21 Iowa on Saturday, only the Cyclones' third victory in the last 11 games against the Hawkeyes. Konrardy, who had missed ...
By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Jonathan Kim converted a 37-yard field goal with one second left to give Michigan State a 27-24 victory over Maryland in the Big Ten opener for both teams on Saturday. Spartans quarterback Aidan Chiles, a transfer from Oregon ...
JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cam Rising threw for 92 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game due to an injury to his throwing hand as No. 11 Utah beat Baylor 23-12 on Saturday. Rising scrambled and released the ball just before being driven out of bounds and ...
By STEVE BITTENBENDER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Tyler Shough threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns as No. 22 Louisville cruised to a 49-14 victory over Jacksonville State on Saturday. It was the sixth time the seventh-year signal caller threw for more than 300 yards in a ...
MIAMI (AP) — Otto López was a triple shy of the cycle, Connor Norby homered and drove in three runs, and the Miami Marlins snapped NL East-leading Philadelphia's six-game winning streak with a 9-5 victory over the Phillies on Saturday. Jonah Bride also homered, while Xavier Edwards and Nick ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At some point, Jessica Pegula will take stock of what she accomplished over the past month, including the run at the U.S. Open that led to her first Grand Slam final. And, in all likelihood, she will be pleased. Proud, even. That sort ...
By JUSTIN FERGUSON undefined AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza threw for 233 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and California celebrated the first of several cross-country trips this season by holding onto a 21-14 road win at Auburn on Saturday. Mendoza completed 19 of 21 passes before ...
By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Clarke Schmidt and Nestor Cortes combined on a four-hitter, and the New York Yankees clinched their 32nd straight winning season by blanking the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Saturday. Schmidt pitched 4 2/3 innings of four-hit ball in his first big ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Hoping to show its first-round exit at the Copa America was a fluke, the United States instead displayed an alarming lack of intensity and an abundant defensive disarray that resulted in its first home loss to Canada since 1957. Jacob Shaffelburg and Jonathan David ...
By ERIC HE Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Brant Hurter pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Saturday. Detroit moved back over .500 after losing three of its previous four games. The Tigers (72-71) haven't had a winning ...
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kansas State safety Jack Fabris returned Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah's fumble 60 yards for a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, and VJ Payne's interception in the end zone helped the 17th-ranked Wildcats hold on for a 34-27 ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Ollie Gordon II's 12-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion catch in the second overtime pushed No. 16 Oklahoma State past Arkansas 39-31 on Saturday. Gordon, last season's Doak Walker Award winner as the nation's best ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — In what amounted to a glorified scrimmage, Carson Beck needed a little more than a half to tie a Georgia record. Beck threw five touchdown passes — to five players — before leaving the game less than three minutes into the third ...