KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jarrod Dyson drove in the go-ahead run in a three-run seventh and James Paxton picked up his seventh victory in as many starts as the Seattle Mariners topped the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Friday night. HOUSTON -- Yuli Gurriel reached base in all five plate appearances, Tyler White produced four hits and his second career multi-homer game and the Houston Astros bludgeoned the Toronto Blue Jays 16-7 on Friday night at Minute Maid Park. NEW YORK -- Yu Darvish threw seven scoreless innings in his first start for Los Angeles and Chase Utley continued to torment the New York Mets by hitting a two-run homer in the seventh inning of the Dodgers' 6-0 win on Friday at Citi Field. Jimmy Walker is moving on up the leaderboard all the way to the top at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational after Friday's second round in Akron, Ohio. MINNEAPOLIS -- Brian Dozier homered twice, Robbie Grossman added a three-run blast and Bartolo Colon had his first complete game since Sept. 5, 2015, as the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Friday. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Orlando Arcia, hitting ninth in the batting order, had a triple and home run, scoring the only runs in the Milwaukee Brewers' 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night at Tropicana Field. BALTIMORE -- Justin Upton hit a grand slam off Mychal Givens in the top of the eighth inning, and Justin Verlander gave Detroit seven solid innings as the Tigers rallied for a 5-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. Top-seeded Simona Halep was forced to retire due to heat exhaustion while losing her quarterfinal match against Ekaterina Makarova at the Citi Open on Friday at Washington. CLEVELAND -- Trevor Bauer pitched seven strong innings and the New York Yankees' shoddy defense proved costly for the second consecutive night as the Cleveland Indians rolled to a 7-2 win Friday night at Progressive Field. Kenny Perry put his best foot forward on Friday in his bid to win his third 3M Championship. Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer announced Friday that Doc Rivers will no longer be the team's president of basketball operations, allowing him to concentrate on his primary coaching duties. By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service The Pittsburgh Steelers extended the contract of coach Mike Tomlin through the 2020 season, the team announced on Friday. USA Network on Friday revealed its first look at Season 3 of "Mr. Robot" after a daylong, mysterious social media campaign. A total of 6,452 North Korean women were repatriated to their country of origin from 2005-16.. Venezuela swore in 545 delegates to its new constituent assembly, a body of lawmakers that has the power to rewrite the Constitution. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who will be sworn in Sunday, is being pressured by women's advocacy groups to add female leaders to his roster of ministers. The State Department on Friday gave the United Nations notice of the United States' intent to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. Veteran quarterback Jay Cutler is reportedly willing to put his retirement on hold to join Adam Gase's Miami Dolphins. Wells Fargo agreed to pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle a lawsuit that it overcharged veterans under a federal mortgage-refinancing program. Philipp Kohlschreiber is in position to earn his second Generali Open title in three years after ousting second-seeded Fabio Fognini 7-5, 6-3 in Friday's semifinal match at Kitzbuhel, Austria. Something else to fret over as you lie awake at night: Poor sleep may increase the risk of being overweight and obese, a new study contends. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady neither confirmed nor denied whether he sustained a concussion during the 2016 season while answering questions from reporters Friday for the first time since the day after Super Bowl LI. |
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