(Photo credit: Denis Poroy-USA TODAY Sports) Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez left Sunday's game vs. the Astros in the sixth inning with an apparent right ankle injury. Rodriguez, 23, crashed into the outfield wall trying to track down a triple by Houston's Yordan Alvarez. Rodriguez initially had the ball in his glove, but it popped out as he hit the wall. Rodriguez crumpled to the warning track and immedi
(Photo credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports) COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Mauer closed out Sunday's National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony with 27 words that summarized the experience for he and his fellow honorees. "To stand here today and say that I am now a small part of baseball history is a statement that will never fully sink in for me," Mauer said. Humility, a bit of disbelief and a connection between b
(Photo credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports) Colton Herta picked up a long-awaited victory by beating Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood to the finish at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto on Sunday afternoon. Herta, 24, had not won since the 2022 GMR Grand Prix 799 days ago, ending a 40-race drought. He finished 0.3469 seconds ahead of Kirkwood, meaning not only did Andretti Global get its first win of the yea
(Photo credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports) Gaimin Gladiators swept Team Liquid 3-0 in the grand final to win the Dota 2 Riyadh Masters on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Gaimin Gladiators will take home $1.5 million of the $5 million prize pool. Team Liquid -- which advanced to the grand final by beating Team Falcons 2-0 in the lower-bracket final earlier in the day -- settled for second place and an $800,000 prize. The Riya
(Photo credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports) The Chicago Bulls signed free agent guard DJ Stewart to a two-way contract on Sunday. A Chicago native, Steward, 22, was a standout for the Bulls' Las Vegas Summer League team, including a 37-point effort on Friday against Atlanta. The 6-foot-2 Steward appeared in 32 games (five starts) for the Maine Celtics -- Boston's G League affiliate -- last season and averaged 1
(Photo credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports) Jorge Soler homered among his two hits, Tyler Fitzgerald also went deep, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 in Denver on Sunday. Hayden Birdsong (2-0) struck out a career-high 12 batters in just his fifth major league start. He kept Colorado hitless until the fourth inning and finished the day allowing just two hits in six innings. He ended the longest s
(Photo credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports) Jonah Heim hit a three-run homer and four Texas pitchers cooled off Baltimore's bats as the Rangers salvaged the finale of their three-game series against the Orioles with a 3-2 win on Sunday in Arlington, Texas. Heim's fourth-inning blast provided enough support for starter Andrew Heaney, Josh Sborz, David Robertson and Kirby Yates, who limited Baltimore to its fewest runs a
(Photo credit: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports) Randy Arozarena homered again and Richie Palacios hit his first career leadoff homer as the Tampa Bay Rays hit four homers for the second straight day in a 6-4 victory over the host New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon. Jose Siri added a two-run homer in the seventh and Jose Caballero contributeda solo shot in the ninth for the Rays, who have hit 41 of their 95 homers in their
(Photo credit: Matt Blewett-USA TODAY Sports) Rhys Hoskins hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run in the top of eighth inning, Eric Haase blasted two home runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers held on for an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Jackson Chourio finished 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and three RBIs for Milwaukee, which finished a two-game sweep. Haase drove in three runs on his two
(Photo credit: Carter Skaggs/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK) Twenty-year-old Chanettee Wannasaen of Thailand notched her second LPGA Tour victory by winning the Dana Open on Sunday in Sylvania, Ohio. Wannasaen started the day with a three-stroke lead at Highland Meadows Golf Club and fired a 4-under-par 67 to finish at 20-under 264 for the week. She was ahead by five shots with nine holes to go, then stumbled from Nos
(Photo credit: John Jones-USA TODAY Sports) Randy Arozarena homered again and Richie Palacios hit his first career leadoff homer as the Tampa Bay Rays hit four homers for the second straight day in a 6-3 victory over the host New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon. Jose Siri added a two-run homer in the seventh and Jose Caballero contributed a solo shot in the ninth for the Rays, who have hit 41 of their 95 homers in their
(Photo credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports) Nico Hoerner scored the tying run in the ninth and drove in the winning run in the 10th to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 win against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks, avoiding a sweep of the three-game series on Sunday afternoon. Dansby Swanson was intentionally walked to start the 10th, which put runners on first and second. Miguel Amaya then laid down a bunt and beat the thro
(Photo credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports) Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jake Burger each homered on Sunday while the Miami Marlins' bullpen recorded 4 1/3 scoreless innings in their 4-2 win over the visiting New York Mets. Declan Cronin (2-2), the first of four relievers, got the win after working 1 1/3 innings in relief of starter Trevor Rogers. A.J. Puk and Calvin Faucher took care of the seventh and eighth before Tanner Sc
