ATLANTA – The Mets learned the hard way that it pays to have pop. The Braves relied on their home-run strength to dig themselves out of a hole. Matt Olson delivered the first big blow, a two-run shot against David Peterson in the sixth inning that erased the Amazin’s one-run lead. Then Adam Duvall took…
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Little mistakes have added up lately for the Chicago Cubs. For a team sitting one game out of last place in the division but with a stretch of four straight series wins before last weekend’s sweep in Los Angeles, clean play can be the separator. The suddenly hot Baltimore Orioles — a team that lost…
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LOS ANGELES — In her first game back after testing positive for COVID-19 and clearing health and safety protocols, Sparks guard Brittney Sykes scored 12 of her 16 points in the first half, but the Sparks lost to the Washington Mystics, 94-81, on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena. “Life came at me pretty fast,” Sykes…
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Aaron Judge was not in the lineup Tuesday night. He also missed the first game of the four in Boston. Aaron Boone is picking his spots to keep the slugger off his feet as the Yankees try to manage the lower body, calf muscle tightness that has bothered him the last week or so. Even…
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Clay Holmes has been so dominant that Tuesday night was shocking. The Yankees closer struggled a little last time out, blowing a save in the loss to the Red Sox, but Tuesday night he could not record an out in an extraordinary Yankees collapse. The Reds scored four runs in the ninth and rallied to…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now IRVINE — The U.S. men’s water polo team on Tuesday night played its first match in home waters since 2019 by hosting Italy, the recent silver medalist at the FINA World Championships. Team USA made the most of the opportunity. Before a live…
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For a winning streak such as this to be sustained, plays such as these must be made. With the Cubs threatening with a runner on third and one out in a one-run game Tuesday, right-hander Jordan Lyles produced a high-wire act to escape unscathed. When a liner leaped off Nico Hoerner’s bat in the sixth…
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ANAHEIM ― Perhaps the Angels had no business going into the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s game tied with the Houston Astros, but there they were. Two errant throws by Astros fielders, combined with one timely hit – only the Angels’ second of the game – spurred an unexpected four-run rally. Just as quickly, the…
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Sure, the Clippers have beaten the Lakers in seven consecutive regular-season meetings. In Summer League play, however, the Lakers can claim a winning streak. They followed last season’s two-point victory in the clash-of-L.A.-in-Las-Vegas with an 83-72 victory over the Clippers on Tuesday night at Thomas & Mack Center. Mason Jones’ 15 points and 10 rebounds…
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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Lakers star LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner was arrested in Moscow in February after the Russian Federal Customs Service allegedly discovered vape pen cartridges…
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