With Eddie Butler looking much better than a typical fill-in fifth starter, the Cubs inched closer to the first-place Cardinals and snapped their rival’s winning streak with a 3-2 win at Busch Stadium on Friday. Three homers — including two from Willson Contreras — provided all the necessary support for a pitcher who entered the day with a career 6.50 ERA.
The Major League leader in strikeouts, Chris Sale, is set to take the mound for the eighth time this season when he faces the Rays on Saturday. The Boston left-hander will put an impressive streak of six consecutive games with double-digit punchouts on the line when he toes the rubber opposite Tampa Bay lefty Blake Snell as part of a full slate, streaming live on MLB.TV.
The fact that the hit Joey Gallo delivered to win the game Friday night was a home run probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. He leads the Texas Rangers in homers and is second in the American League. It’s what he does. But he’s not yet expected to come back from down in the count
The Washington Wizards forced a Game 7 against the Boston Celtics with an astounding game-winner by John Wall. Wall’s final shot marked an end to an dramatic fourth quarter in which both teams made potential game-winners, only to have the other team answer back. So what do you do to celebrate such
ESPN.com news services Thanks to John Wall’s late-game heroics, the Washington Wizards’ season lives on. Despite the Boston Celtics’ all-black pregame attire, Wall’s 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds to play delivered Friday’s last rites as the Wizards forced a Game 7 with a 92-91 win. &
Cody Bellinger had a home run and Clayton Kershaw allowed two runs over seven innings as the Dodgers topped the Rockies. The Dodgers scored five runs in the second inning against Rockies’ pitcher Tyler Chatwood, as Corey Seager had a two-run double and Chase Utley had a two-run triple.
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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series rookie Daniel Suarez will be driving for a $1 million miracle in Saturday night’s Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway. If Suarez, in the No. 19 Toyota formerly driven by Columbia native Carl Edwards, wins the race, his sponsor, Stanley Black and Decker, will donate
Wall nailed the game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds to help Washington force a Game 7 against the Celtics.
Doug DeCinces, who spent 15 seasons in MLB, was found guilty on 13 counts of insider trading.
