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Deadspin | Garrett Mitchell's 4-hit effort powers Brewers past Reds
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (361+ words) Garrett Mitchell capped a 4-for-4 game with a tiebreaking triple in the seventh inning, leading the host Milwaukee Brewers past the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 on Wednesday night. The Brewers won their third straight game to open a four-game series. Noelvi Marte…...
Deadspin | Heliot Ramos, Victor Bericoto homer as Giants finally defeat Diamondbacks
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (358+ words) The San Francisco Giants finally broke through against the Arizona Diamondbacks after eight previous failures Wednesday night, riding home runs from Heliot Ramos and Victor Bericoto to a 6-4 victory in Phoenix. Trevor Mc Donald (3-6) threw six shutout innings for the…...
Deadspin | A's belt 3 home runs, salvage series finale against Dodgers
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (366+ words) Jonah Heim, Shea Langeliers and Alika Williams hit homers and J. T. Ginn pitched six solid innings to help the Athletics cruise to a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif. Heim drove in two runs, and…...
Deadspin | A's DH Brent Rooker needs season-ending knee surgery
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (477+ words) Pushing for their first postseason appearance since 2020, the Athletics lost their leader and unofficial captain as manager Mark Kotsay announced on Wednesday that two-time All-Star Brent Rooker will undergo season-ending knee surgery. Kotsay said that the 31-year-old designated hitter will…...
Deadspin | Storm travel to Mercury carrying rare 2-game win streak
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (374+ words) Less than two weeks ago, the Seattle Storm visited Phoenix in the throes of the WNBA's longest losing streak of the year. The Storm fell 93-73 on June 20 against the Mercury, marking their 10th straight defeat in what became an 11-game losing…...
Deadspin | Maturing U. S. look capable of surviving without Folarin Balogun
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (698+ words) As the U. S. go deeper into the World Cup, they are confronting rising levels of adversity. After the United States breezed through Paraguay and Australia by a combined 6-1 score, the critics wondered how the players would respond when the pressure mounted....
Deadspin | Lightning sign D John Carlson to 2-year, $17 M contract
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (245+ words) The Tampa Bay Lightning added one of the top defensemen on the free-agent market Wednesday, signing John Carlson to a two-year, $17 million contract. The deal carries an $8. 5 million cap hit for Carlson, who reached the open market after a brief…...
Deadspin | Taj Bradley (11 K's) backed by 3 HRs as Twins top Astros
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (391+ words) Josh Bell, Kody Clemens and Luke Keaschall belted home runs while Taj Bradley matched his career high for strikeouts as the visiting Minnesota Twins claimed the rubber match of their three-game series against the Houston Astros with an 8-3 victory on…...
Deadspin | Mickey Moniak falls single shy of cycle as Rockies top Marlins
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (460+ words) Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled and homered for the Colorado Rockies in a 6-3 win over the Miami Marlins in the third game of the four-game series on Wednesday evening in Denver. Hunter Goodman and Kyle Karros also homered for Colorado, which…...
Deadspin | Phil Mickelson dismisses misconduct expose as 'click-bait narrative"
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (348+ words) Mickelson's representatives issued a statement to The (New York) Post on Wednesday, describing the Skratch article as an "anonymously sourced drive-by shooting" focused on creating "a compelling, click-bait narrative over an accurate one." Last month, Golf Digest reported that Mickelson…...