Under fire at home, Trump in Saudi on first foreign trip Dogged by controversy at home, Donald Trump opened his first presidential foreign trip in Saudi Arabia on Saturday and won a warm reception as he looked to shift attention from a political firestorm over his firing of former FBI […]
Vargas hits tying HR in 9th, Twins beat Royals 4-3 in 10 Kennys Vargas reached the end of the bench, where he was met by fellow Puerto Rican Eddie Rosario. The two hugged and then started dancing in a circle while embracing. Vargas started a late-inning celebration for the Minnesota […]
Boston Red Sox's Chris Sale ties record with 8th consecutive 10 K game Boston starter Chris Sale tied his own record by striking out at least 10 batters in an eighth straight game. Sale reached the double-digit mark when he fanned Oakland's Josh Phegley to end the seventh inning Friday […]
Edwin Encarnacion's homer helps Cleveland Indians cool off Houston Astros Cleveland manager Terry Francona enjoys facing the top teams in baseball. He likes it even more when his team gets the best of one of them. Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run homer and Jason Kipnis and Lonnie Chisenhall had solo […]
Robert Hight breaks NHRA Funny Car speed record at 337.66 mph Robert Hight shattered the Funny Car speed record at 337.66 mph Friday in the lone round of qualifying in the rain-delayed NHRA Heartland Nationals. Hight topped the previous record of 335.57 that Matt Hagan set last year at Heartland […]
Giants rally to beat Cardinals 6-5 Not much has gone right on the road for the San Francisco Giants this season. They are now on a positive streak. Eduardo Nunez doubled in two runs in the ninth inning and San Francisco rallied to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on […]
Canha's 10th-inning homer leads A's past Red Sox 3-2 Mark Canha was sure Ryon Healy had ended the game in the ninth only to be robbed by Jackie Bradley Jr. Canha left no doubt about it one inning later. Canha hit a leadoff homer in the 10th, one inning after […]
Cabrera gives White Sox 2-1 win with 10th-inning RBI double Even eight innings of one-hit pitching wasn't enough to earn Jose Quintana a win, though it put the White Sox in position to get one. Melky Cabrera doubled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the top of the […]
DeGrom dominates early, survives rocky 7th to end Mets skid It took a blistering effort from Jacob deGrom to snap the New York Mets out of their funk. A little palm ball from Jose Reyes, too. DeGrom dominated until ripping a callus on his pitching hand in the seventh, then Reyes […]
Wells Fargo suffers slump in muni bond underwriting Wells Fargo & Co is paying a price in the U.S. municipal bond market for the bogus customer accounts scandal that hit the bank last year and led to bans by some cities and states, an analysis of Thomson Reuters data shows. […]