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MLB attendance up 0.9%, first back-to-back increases since 2011-12
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball's average attendance rose 0.9% this season, increasing in consecutive years for the first time since 2011-12. MLB drew 71.35 million fans over 2,413 gates for an average of 29,568, its highest since 30,042 in 2017, the commissioner's office...
Dodgers home run star Shohei Ohtani tops MLB jersey sales for 2nd straight season
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani topped Major League Baseball jersey sales for the second straight season while becoming the first player to reach 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in the same year. The Los Angeles Dodgers star was followed by Philadelphia's Bryce Harper, the New York...
Defending champion Panthers head stacked Atlantic Division dominated by Bruins, Lightning and Leafs
Spending the summer celebrating a Stanley Cup championship wasn’t enough to distract Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov from paying attention to what Florida’s Atlantic Division rivals were up to this offseason. Three teams — Buffalo ( Lindy Ruff ), Ottawa ( Travis Green ) and...
NHL coaching carousel takes Berube to Toronto, Keefe to New Jersey and Ruff back to Buffalo
So many changes have happened behind the bench around the NHL in recent years that only four of the league's 32 teams have the same coach they did coming out of the pandemic. “I don’t know what the average lifespan of a coach in a specific organization is, but I know it’s got...
Xavier Edwards has MLB's first three-triple game since 2014 as Marlins rout Blue Jays 15-5
TORONTO (AP) — Xavier Edwards had the first three-triple game in the majors since 2014, Jonah Bride homered twice and the Miami Marlins set a season high in runs by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 15-5 on Friday night. Edwards hit a sharp grounder down the right-field line for a...
Houck works 5 shutout innings, Abreu reaches base 3 times as Red Sox beat Blue Jays 4-1
TORONTO (AP) — Tanner Houck pitched five shutout innings, Wilyer Abreu reached base three times and the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to three games with a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. The Red Sox opened their final road trip — a...
Jonathan Aranda homers as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Aranda homered for the second consecutive game, helping Taj Bradley and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Saturday. Aranda connected for a two-run shot in the third inning against Yariel Rodríguez (1-7), giving Tampa Bay a...
Jon Singleton's two-run double in eighth lifts Astros to 3-1 win over Angels
HOUSTON (AP) — Jon Singleton’s tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night. The game was tied 1-1 when Ryan Miller (0-1) walked Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker to start the...
Littell allows 1 hit in 7 innings and Rays beat Red Sox 2-0
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. (AP) — Zack Littell allowed one hit over seven innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Thursday night. Littell (8-9), who made his team-leading 28th start in his first full season as starter, struck out seven and did not issue a walk....
Berríos wins seventh straight start, Guerrero gets 500th RBI as Blue Jays beat Cardinals 7-2
TORONTO (AP) — José Berríos pitched seven strong innings to win his seventh straight start, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in his 500th career run and scored twice, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Saturday. Guerrero went 1 for 3 with a walk, maintaining...