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Zack Greinke pitched seven shutout innings, Eduardo Escobar hit an RBI single to break a scoreless tie in the seventh and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Saturday night. Greinke (9-3) struck out six and didn’t walk a batter in another dominant outing. The right-hander allowed only one runner past first […]

Yuli Gurriel’s right ankle was bothering him after Houston’s first baseman turned it running to first base in the seventh inning on Saturday night. But manager AJ Hinch didn’t want to take him out with the game tied after he’d hit the game-winning home run for a 2-1 win in the 10th inning over the

A look at what’s happening around the majors Sunday: STARRY NIGHT Pitchers and reserves for the All-Star Game on July 9 in Cleveland will be announced beginning at 5:30 p.m. EDT. Houston ace Justin Verlander and Dodgers lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu are probably among the locks to make it, but as always there will surely be

Steve Stricker is the man to beat when he shows up on the PGA Tour Champions. “Let’s just get it on the table, Steve Stricker is kind of becoming a jerk,” fellow player Billy Andrade joked Friday, a day before Stricker opened a six-stroke lead in the U.S. Senior Open. Seeking his second senior major

Brett Gardner hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the third inning, Aaron Judge went deep to cap a six-run fourth and the New York Yankees outslugged the Boston Red Sox 17-13 on Saturday night in the first Major League Baseball game played in Europe. Each team scored six runs in a first inning that stretched

Austin Dillon and Daniel Hemric tuned up for Chicagoland Speedway with a little doubles ping-pong. Worked out quite well for the Richard Childress Racing teammates. Dillon won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, and Hemric qualified third. According to Dillon, he bonded with his teammate this week by combining for an easy ping-pong

Danny Jansen hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, Cavan Biggio launched his first career grand slam and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Saturday after starter Marcus Stroman exited early with a cramp in his non-pitching shoulder. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added a solo home run

Rest assured, British fans: Most baseball games are not like this, not even the crazy ones between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Major League Baseball arrived in Europe on Saturday night with Ye Olde Slugfest. Each team scored six runs in a first inning that stretched nearly an hour, with Aaron

America’s national pastime made a positive impression on British fans the first time they got to see the game up close and personal on British soil. That may have been helped by a warm, picture-perfect day in often overcast London — baseball weather at its best, played on a midsummer’s eve with sunlight that seemed

Clearly, Andy Murray’s tearful farewell to tennis was premature. So, too, was tennis‘ farewell to Murray. About five months since Murray discussed retirement because of pain in his surgically repaired hip — and everyone wished him well in any future endeavors — he is once again on tour thanks to a new operation. He’s also