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Zach Eflin stars as the Orioles beat the Rockies 6-1 09/01/2024 06:24pm • DENVER (AP) — Zach Eflin struck out nine in seven sparkling innings and James McCann homered, helping the Baltimore Orioles beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Sunday. Gunnar Henderson had two hits and two RBIs for Baltimore, which had dropped three of four. Anthony Santander also had two hits. Yordan Alvarez homers twice as Astros complete 4-game sweep of Royals with 7-2 win 09/01/2024 05:59pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez homered twice and Jon Singleton added a two-run shot as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 win Sunday. It’s Houston’s fifth straight win overall and comes after the Royals swept a three-game series against the AL We Dansby Swanson gets 4 hits as the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1 09/01/2024 05:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Dansby Swanson had four hits, Jordan Wicks pitched five solid innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 14-1 on Sunday for their season-high sixth consecutive win. Isaac Paredes had three RBIs for the Cubs, who finished with 18 hits. Cody Bellinger, Nico Hoerner Newcomers Cedric Teuchert, Marcel Hartel lead St. Louis City to 2-1 victory over Galaxy 09/01/2024 05:10pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis City rode goals by newcomers Cedric Teuchert and Marcel Hartel to a 2-1 victory over the Western Conference-leading Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday. Teuchert staked St. Louis City (5-10-12) to a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute when he scored his second goal in his third career s Torkelson and Greene homer as the Tigers earn a rare series win against the Red Sox 09/01/2024 05:00pm • DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Sunday. The Tigers (70-68) earned their second series win in the last 13 against Boston and won the season series for the first time since 2017. They trail the Red Sox Espinal gets game-ending hit as the Reds beat the Brewers 4-3 in 11 innings 09/01/2024 04:46pm • CINCINNATI (AP) — Santiago Espinal drove in Rece Hinds with an infield single in the 11th inning, and the Cincinnati Reds stopped Milwaukee’s five-game win streak with a 4-3 victory over the Brewers on Sunday. Hinds began the inning on second as the designated runner. He advanced on Will Bensonâ Denmark, Slovakia and Latvia qualify for men's hockey at the 2026 Milan Olympics 09/01/2024 04:38pm • AALBORG, Denmark (AP) — Denmark, Slovakia and Latvia have qualified for the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Milan Olympics, the return of NHL players to the biggest international stage in sports. Each team won all three of its qualification round games on home ice to secure a spot. On Sunday College Football Corner: Maryland, Navy, Virginia and James Madison begin 2024 season with big wins 09/01/2024 04:06pm • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Read his latest rankings here. Welcome back to the wild world of college football! Like any overblown Labor Day picnic (where for some reason there are too many dishes to choose from), the first weekend involves mostly nonconference games with plenty of FBS San Francisco 49ers player Ricky Pearsall out of hospital after shooting during attempted robbery 09/01/2024 03:53pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A juvenile suspect is in custody after allegedly shooting San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the chest Saturday afternoon during an attempted robbery in central San Francisco, officials said. Pearsall, 23, was released Sunday from San Francisco General Hospit Iranians loom over Paralympic sitting volleyball competition 09/01/2024 03:12pm • PARIS (AP) — Sitting volleyball is a Paralympic sport played close to the ground: Players scoot around the court and hit over a net that stands just under 4 feet (1.15 meters). So having the world’s second-tallest man at the front of that net can make quite the difference for an already-dominant Orioles activate Zach Eflin, recall top prospect Coby Mayo 09/01/2024 02:29pm • DENVER (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles reinstated right-hander Zach Eflin from the 15-day injured list, one of several moves the franchise made on Sunday when teams were able to expand rosters to 28. He will start the finale of a three-game series at the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. Eflin, acqui The Week 1 feedback on sideline-to-helmet communications: lots of praise, some frustration 09/01/2024 02:21pm • Here's a scenario that Alabama was not prepared for in Week 1: getting offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan down from the press box to the field as quickly as possible, during the game, so he could keep calling plays. Here's why it had to happen: The Crimson Tide were playing Western Kentucky, and be Yankees activate Anthony Rizzo, keep Jasson Domínguez in Triple-A 09/01/2024 01:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees activated Anthony Rizzo from the injured list after the first baseman missed more than two months with a fractured right forearm and made three other moves on Sunday as part of their roster expansion to 28 players that did not include the promotion of top prosp Pope embarks on longest, farthest and most challenging trip to Asia, with China in the background 09/01/2024 01:37pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — If any evidence were needed to underscore that Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Asia and Oceania is the longest, farthest and most challenging of his pontificate, it’s that he’s bringing along his secretaries to help him navigate the four-country program while keeping up wi Taiwan investigators to rule on further detention of former presidential candidate amid graft probe 09/01/2024 01:31pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Investigators were in talks early Monday on whether to further detain a former Taiwan presidential candidate amid graft allegations that have sparked minor street protests by his supporters. Ko Wen-je, chairman of the Taiwan People’s Party, was held in custody overnight Sat