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BOSTON — One day the Los Angeles Angels put up incredible offensive numbers. The next they were shut down by a pitcher brought up from the minor leagues. After getting 21 runs and 22 hits in a rout of the Red Sox, the Angels were held scoreless into the sixth inning Sunday in a 10-5

MINNEAPOLIS — After a disappointing bullpen session, Kyle Gibson watched Shin-Soo Choo drive his second pitch into the left-center seats. “This could be a long one today,'” Gibson remembered telling catcher Kurt Suzuki. Gibson recovered and pitched into the seventh inning Sunday in the last-place Minnesota Twins’ 5-4 win over Cole Hamels and the first-place

HOUSTON — Collin McHugh struggled with command, manager A.J. Hinch was ejected and the Houston Astros lost their first series since June 10-12 on Sunday. McHugh allowed five hits and two runs while walking four with nine strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings before Hinch was ejected after arguing about pitches inside to Evan Gattis in

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Matt Besler scored in stoppage time to help Sporting Kansas City beat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Sunday night and extend its unbeaten streak to four games. Besler headed home the winner, off Ike Opara’s feed, in the 91st minute. It was Besler’s first goal since 2011. Ola Kamara gave Columbus

LOS ANGELES — The Colorado Rockies can’t get out of Los Angeles fast enough. The Rockies managed just two runs in the three-game series that ended with the Dodgers winning 4-1 on Sunday. In the three games, they never got a baserunner past second base, totaled just 12 hits and struck out 41 times. “It

WASHINGTON — Well, at least the Cincinnati Reds did not get no hit by Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals bullpen. Strasburg was removed from a no-hit bid after 6 2/3 innings Sunday, and Ramon Cabrera singled against Matt Belisle leading off the eighth for Cincinnati’s first hit in the Nationals’ 12-1 rout of the

PHOENIX — Pinch hitter Ramiro Pena doubled in a run from first base in the 11th inning and the San Francisco Giants escaped with a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday to take two of three in the series. The Diamondbacks’ Jake Lamb hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to

PORTLAND, Ore. — Defending champion Brooke Henderson survived some tense moments on the back nine on the way to a four-stroke victory Sunday at the LPGA Cambia Portland Classic. The second-ranked Henderson shot a 14-under 274 after a final round 71 at Columbia Edgewater Country Club, pulling away from American Stacy Lewis, who was 10-under

EUGENE, Ore. — The numbers were as telling as the names. America’s Olympic mainstays, Allyson Felix, LaShawn Merritt and Justin Gatlin, are all on their way to Rio de Janeiro. With the best times in the world this year to boot. Gatlin’s 100-meter run in 9.8 seconds at U.S. Olympic Trials on Sunday will certainly

SAINT-DENIS, France — Too small. Too frail. No future in French football. Antoine Griezmann defied plenty of skeptics by becoming the highest scorer at the European Championship. France’s hopes of a first title since Euro 2000 rest largely on the slim shoulders of Griezmann, who is on the small side for an attacking player at

OAKLAND, Calif. — Adam Frazier tripled in the tying run with one out in the sixth, then scored on an infield single to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. David Friese hit a two-run homer and Gregory Polanco added two RBIs as the Pirates completed the three-game

LOS ANGELES — Brandon McCarthy threw five scoreless innings in his first start in 14 months, Trace Thompson and Yasmani Grandal homered, and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies on Sunday with a 4-1 victory. Recovering from Tommy John surgery, McCarthy (1-0) held the Rockies to a pair of

ST. LOUIS — At least the Milwaukee Brewers showed some fight. Stephen Piscotty’s second grand slam of the season propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-8, rain-soaked, elongated victory Sunday and a weekend sweep, but the Brewers made the ending suspenseful. “It was 8-2 and rain delays and everything, and we put the tying

SEATTLE — Seth Smith hit his first career grand slam, homering for the fourth straight game and leading the Seattle Mariners over the Baltimore Orioles 9-4 Sunday for a four-game sweep. Seattle had 31 runs and 47 hits, including 23 for extra bases, in sweeping the AL East leaders. Hisashi Iwakuma (8-6) allowed four runs

NEW YORK — Jon Lester and the Chicago Cubs got wiped out again by the New York Mets. Wilmer Flores went 6 for 6 with two of New York’s five home runs, and the Mets romped to another four-game sweep of the Cubs by battering Lester in a 14-3 blowout Sunday. After sweeping four games

SAN DIEGO — Mark Teixeira hit his 400th and 401st home runs, Didi Gregorius also connected and Chad Green got his first big league victory as the New York Yankees beat the San Diego Padres 6-3 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Padres were denied their first sweep of the season and what would

ST. LOUIS — Stephen Piscotty’s second grand slam of the season propelled the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-8, rain-soaked victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday and a weekend sweep. Brandon Moss had a go-ahead double in a two-run fifth and rookie Aledmys Diaz hit his 11th homer. The Cardinals lead the season series

ATLANTA — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that guard Malcolm Delaney, a Euroleague star, has agreed to a $1.49 million, two-year contract offer from the Atlanta Hawks. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday because no NBA deal can be finalized before Thursday. The deal is

A look at some of the highlights from the three games on the schedule Sunday at the Orlando Summer League. HOT HEAT Miami won in a rout for the second straight day, beating the New York Knicks 74-48 even while resting Justise Winslow and Josh Richardson. The Heat opened play by beating the Los Angeles

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A suicide bomber carried out an attack early Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the western Saudi city of Jiddah, according to the Interior Ministry. The ministry said in a statement the attacker detonated his suicide vest when security guards approached him near the parking lot of a hospital.

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested five Islamic State suspects, including an 18-year-old Kuwaiti man planning to attack a Shiite mosque in the final days of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which ends this week. The man allegedly confessed to plotting the attack, and had planned to deploy a suicide

NEW YORK — Authorities say a three-year-old boy has died after falling from the 13th floor of a New York City apartment building. Officials say emergency workers rushed the child from the 116-apartment public housing development to Harlem Hospital at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Police say the boy fell from the 13th floor of a

OMAHA, Neb. — Connor Jaeger had to swim nearly a mile to earn another race at the Olympics. Abbey Weitzeil claimed her second individual event in Rio with a frantic dash from one end of the pool to the other. The final night of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials came down to the long and

OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Olympic swim team has a history of improving its times from the trials to the games. The Americans are counting on it happening again next month in Rio after not setting a single world record during the eight-day selection meet. Led by Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, the U.S. still

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rolling Stone magazine published a story in November 2014 describing in chilling detail a student’s account of being brutally raped by seven men at the University of Virginia. Several days later the magazine’s editors received an email from the reporter with the subject line “our worst nightmare.” “We’re going to have to