PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched six scoreless innings and earned his 10th win of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday night to complete a three-game series sweep. Skenes (10-9) allowed two hits, struck out eight, and walked ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles' 24-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener was delayed 65 minutes because of lightning in the area around Lincoln Financial Field late in the third quarter Thursday night. Behind two touchdown runs from Super Bowl MVP Jalen ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts rushed for two touchdowns for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who lost their hot-tempered star defender for spitting on Dak Prescott, then withstood a rare weather delay and needed a late stop to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 early Friday in a wild ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen and Bryan Reynolds homered off last-minute spot starter Emmett Sheehan and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Wednesday night. Sheehan (5-3) got the nod when the Dodgers opted to let Shohei Ohtani skip his scheduled start while ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Isaac Collins hit a three-run homer and Jose Quintana pitched effectively into the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Wednesday night. Milwaukee (86-54) and Philadelphia (80-59) entered with the two best records in the National ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Marsh went 4 for 5 and singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies erased an early four-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-8 on Monday. Marsh singled home pinch-runner Garrett Stubbs after Abner Uribe (2-2) sandwiched a ...
Jalen Hurts perfectly summed up the mindset of the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles entering their title defense. "Nothing I've accomplished in the past will get me what I desire in the future," Hurts said in an interview on SiriusXM during training camp. Before the Eagles ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Pham and Jared Triolo each drove in two runs, and the Pirates spoiled a big night by Shohei Ohtani to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-7 on Tuesday night. Ohtani hit his 100th home run with the Los Angeles Dodgers and had a pair of doubles. Ohtani hit a solo shot off ...
Ohio State, Penn State, LSU and Georgia would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on the first Associated Press Top 25 poll of the regular season while Miami, Oregon, Texas and Clemson would host first-round games. The Big Ten and Southeastern Conference each would have ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner hit a two-run single with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 win over the Braves on Saturday night, spoiling the return of reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale to Atlanta's starting rotation. Nacho Alvarez Jr. put ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers sits in the corner of a largely empty Pittsburgh Steelers locker room on a random afternoon late in training camp. The day might be over, but the NFL's oldest active player is in no rush to leave. The four-time MVP stands up and walks over to a nearby trash ...
BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran hit an inside-the-park homer, Lucas Giolito pitched six effective innings and the Boston Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2 on Sunday to avert a three-game sweep. In a tight race for one of three American League wild cards, the Red Sox won for the eighth time ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Drake Baldwin broke a ninth-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Atlanta Braves avoided a four-game sweep with a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday night. Braves rookie Hurston Waldrep pitched 5 2/3 strong innings. Jake Fraley came off the bench in the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo singled home the winning run in the ninth inning, Pete Alonso had four hits and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 on Tuesday night. Alonso delivered a two-run double in a five-run fifth that gave New York a 5-2 lead. Harrison Bader tied it for ...
The Philadelphia Eagles are aiming for another Super Bowl championship. Just don't call it a repeat, even if that word will be thrown around plenty in the NFC East, a division that hasn't had consecutive titles from the same team since the Eagles won their fourth in a row in 2004. The Eagles ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tommy Pham hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. The highly-touted Bubba Chandler (1-0) pitched four scoreless innings of relief of starter Carmen Mlodzinski for his first win ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bubba Chandler has lived up to the hype so far. Chandler led the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night, pitching four scoreless innings of relief in his second major league game. The 6-foot-3 right-hander allowed one hit, struck ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Nolan McLean became the first New York Mets pitcher to win his first three major league starts, tossing eight magnificent innings Wednesday night in a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies that completed a three-game sweep. Mark Vientos homered and drove in three runs as ...
Two years after the entire AFC North finished with a winning record, the division's depth looks a lot more shaky. The explanation is simple: Two teams have top-tier quarterbacks, one very clearly does not — and the other is putting a lot of faith in an aging four-time MVP. Last season the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edmundo Sosa hit a three-run homer, Trea Turner also went deep and Aaron Nola earned his first win since early May as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Saturday night. Nationals starter Mitchell Parker (7-14) held Philadelphia hitless ...