MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Nicco Marchiol's first career start was full of hiccups, oversights and mistakes. The West Virginia quarterback sure was happy about how it turned out. "Ecstatic to come out victorious," Marchiol said. The redshirt freshman threw a touchdown pass in place of the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm is used to teams intentionally walking Phillies slugger Bryce Harper in big spots to get him. Even Bohm concedes the move makes sense, teams simply don't want to get beat by the two-time NL MVP. So it looks like teams such as the Mets are going to get beat by ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ramón Laureano drew a bases-loaded walk off Jacob Webb for the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, sending the Cleveland Guardians to a 5-2 victory over the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. The Guardians scored three times in the bottom of the eighth — ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Moments before being officially eliminated from the playoffs, the Guardians rallied as if a spot in October was on the line. In a season of so many setbacks, another stirring comeback. David Fry delivered a two-run double with one out in the ninth inning as Cleveland ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have the AL Central title in hand. Now they can get back to the unfinished business of trying to stop that record postseason losing streak. The Twins secured their third division title in five years on Friday night, eliminating the Cleveland Guardians ...
Texas Tech (1-2) at West Virginia (2-1), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) Line: Texas Tech by 6 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook. Series Record: Tied 6-6. WHAT'S AT STAKE West Virginia is on a two-game winning streak and coach Neal Brown has yet to win three in a row. Now in his fifth ...
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson has a history of starting slow, just never as a franchise quarterback expected to lift a team, franchise and city to new heights. In Houston, it was tolerated. In Cleveland, it's troubling. But while some may be panicking over his body of work — now an ...
No. 6 Ohio State (3-0) at No. 9 Notre Dame (4-0), Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ET (NBC) Line: Ohio State by 3, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Ohio State 5-2. WHAT'S AT STAKE? The game is a resume-builder for the winner in the race for the College Football Playoff, though a loss ...
No. 20 Miami (3-0) at Temple (2-1), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Line: Miami by 23 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Miami, 13-1. WHAT'S AT STAKE? It's a chance for Miami to move to 4-0 before it enters Atlantic Coast Conference play. Temple has a shot at ending a ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Joshua Palacios hit a three-run homer in a seven-run fourth inning and the Chicago Cubs' postseason drive remained stalled with their sixth loss in seven games, 13-7 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Connor Joe hit a two-run homer in the sixth as All-Star Justin ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Strider wore a Ronald Acuña Jr. 30-60 T-shirt and said: "He's going to negate the shirt pretty quickly." New T-shirts with 40-70 may be needed soon. Acuña homered twice on his bobblehead night and stole his 67th base, leaving him one long ball shy of becoming the ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Willi Castro hit a two-run homer and made two spectacular catches, Kenta Maeda combined on a four-hitter and the Minnesota Twins beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-0 on Tuesday night in another step toward their third AL Central title in five seasons. Ryan Jeffers added a solo ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It all looked so easy for Kenny Pickett and the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers offense in August. The heaves downfield to George Pickens. The gaping holes that created wide running lanes for Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren. The clean pocket that gave Pickett all the time he ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Strider wore a Ronald Acuña Jr. 30-60 T-shirt and said: "He's going to negate the shirt pretty quickly." New T-shirts with 40-70 may be needed soon. Acuña homered twice on his bobblehead night and stole his 67th base, leaving him one long ball shy of becoming the ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — MJ Melendez homered and drove in three runs, late-season revelation James McArthur struck out three straight batters to end an eighth-inning threat, and the Kansas City Royals held on to beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 on Tuesday night. Makail Garcia had three hits ...
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — With Cooper Kupp sidelined by a hamstring injury, Puka Nacua is picking up the slack for the Los Angeles Rams. So far, so record-breaking good. Nacua, a fifth-round pick out of BYU, set the NFL single-game record for most receptions by a rookie with 15 catches for ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals dropped their first two games last season, and then made it all the way to the AFC championship game. This time feels a little different. The biggest concern is the health of Joe Burrow, who threw two touchdown passes in the second half of Sunday's ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals could have long ago given up on the season. Would have been easy to give up on Monday's game against Cleveland, too. Yet despite trailing by two heading into the eighth inning, the Royals kept on fighting. And the club trying desperately to ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Rookie Connor Phillips pitched three-hit ball over seven innings for his first major league win, Will Benson drove in three runs and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Monday night in a game with postseason implications for both teams. Cincinnati (79-73) ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cleveland Browns star running back Nick Chubb was carted off the field with a left knee injury against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday night. Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick came in low for a tackle at the end of a 5-yard run early in the second quarter and delivered a ...