Month: July 2021

5:57 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Five Tampa Bay pitchers combined for seven hitless innings, and the Rays beat the Indians 4-0 Wednesday for a doubleheader sweep. Collin McHugh (two perfect innings), Josh Fleming (7-4 after allowing one walk in 2 2/3 innings), Diego Castillo (one out), Matt Wisler (one inning)
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11:25 PM ET New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso, secret weapons in tow, is ready to defend the Home Run Derby crown he captured in 2019, but Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani is the No. 1 seed in this year’s bracket. The eight-man Home Run Derby field was officially unveiled Wednesday night and Alonso’s
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9:17 PM BST The British & Irish Lions put aside a day of drama and uncertainty to comprehensively win the second game of their COVID-disrupted South African tour, crushing the Sharks 54-7 at Ellis Park on Wednesday. Makeshift fullback Josh Adams kept up his try-scoring blitz in a Lions jersey with a hat-trick, matched by
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5:53 PM ET Forward Marcus Bagley has decided to withdraw from the 2021 NBA draft, he announced Wednesday. Bagley, who was a freshman at Arizona State last season, also said in his initial announcement that he would remain in the transfer portal. However, he later tweeted “Run it back” with a Sun Devils symbol along
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7:27 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards suffered a sprained ankle Wednesday playing for the USA Select Team at Team USA training camp in Las Vegas, sources said. The injury isn’t believed to be serious, but it will keep Edwards out of the rest of the camp. It occurred during a scrimmage when Edwards
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6:53 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES — Argentinian golfer Angel Cabrera, a former Masters and U.S. Open champion, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison on charges he assaulted his former partner. A court in the province of Cordoba, 500 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, convicted the 51-year-old of assaulting, threatening and harassing
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7:00 PM ET The Chicago Cubs have placed struggling pitcher Jake Arrieta on the 10-day injured list with right hamstring tightness. Arrieta lasted just 1 2/3 innings for the second consecutive outing in Chicago’s 15-10 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday. “Something is going on with the way he’s pitching,” Cubs manager David Ross
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3:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto and Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo were announced Wednesday for Monday’s All-Star Home Run Derby at Denver’s Coors Field, completing the eight-slugger field. A first-time All-Star, Soto, 22, began Wednesday with 10 home runs. He announced his participation on Instagram before the Nationals played
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6:44 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been placed on the 10-day injured list with left forearm inflammation, the team announced Wednesday. The team recalled right-hander Mitch White in a corresponding move. Kershaw last pitched on Saturday against the Nationals in Washington, D.C. He lasted just 54 pitches and four innings because
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6:43 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit his major-league-leading 32nd homer for the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, breaking Hideki Matsui’s record for homers in a major league season by a Japanese player. Ohtani surpassed Matsui’s full-season record before the All-Star break with his solo shot to right in the fifth
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7:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — After the Phoenix Suns got 26 free throws in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer admitted the disparity in free throws in the opening game — one Phoenix won 118-105 — was “frustrating” for the Bucks to deal with. “You trying to bait
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