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Sonny Gray took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat San Francisco 4-3 to leave the Giants four games back for the last NL wild card. Gray (13-8) allowed three runs, two hits and four walks in 5 1/3 innings…

CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Josh Bell hit a three-run homer and the Washington Nationals rallied with five runs in the ninth inning off Cubs closer Daniel Palencia to stun Chicago 6-3 on Sunday. The Cubs entered the ninth leading 3-1, but…

CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Greene tied a season high with 12 strikeouts and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Mets 3-2 Sunday to take two of three from New York and move back above .500. New York's Brandon Sproat (0-1) held the Reds hitless…

ATLANTA (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 53rd home run and the Seattle Mariners had 20 hits as they scored their most runs since 2012 in an 18-2 rout of the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. Eugenio Suárez homered twice, raising his…

MADRID (AP) — Memphis Depay became the Netherlands' outright all-time top scorer with two goals in a 3-2 win at Lithuania in World Cup qualifying on Sunday. Depay scored his 51st and 52nd goals for the Netherlands, surpassing the 50 scored…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — New Jaguars coach Liam Coen tried to stay out of the limelight in the postgame locker room. Team owner Shad Khan wouldn't let him. Khan presented Coen with a game ball following his first win as an NFL head coach.…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The death of a Kansas inmate following a struggle with jail staff has been ruled a homicide and the case referred to prosecutors to determine whether to file charges, authorities say. Charles Adair, 50, died at the…

Forecasters say Hurricane Kiko is weakening as it continues on a track forecast to take the storm north of the Hawaiian islands in coming days. Kiko was located Sunday about 635 miles east of Hilo on the Big Island in the Pacific. The U.S.…

TORONTO (AP) — Nia DaCosta was thunderstruck when she first read Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” in drama school. But when she saw a production of it, something was missing. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s not as crazy as I thought it would feel,’” DaCosta…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jake Burger followed Josh Jung's tiebreaking double with a two-run homer off Framber Valdez in the sixth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Sunday to keep pace in the American League…

MIAMI (AP) — Otto López homered twice and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep by the NL East leaders. Troy Johnston had two hits for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game skid. Ronny…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew Vaughn had four hits and Jacob Misiorowski cruised through seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers scored nine runs off top prospect Bubba Chandler to complete a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 10-2…

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge saved a run with a diving catch and scored the go-ahead run on Cody Bellinger's double as the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 Sunday and closed within two games of the AL East leader. Making his…

Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs and Mookie Betts added a solo shot to back an effective pitching performance by Clayton Kershaw, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 to end a five-game losing steak. Kershaw (10-2) won…

ATLANTA (AP) — Another visit to Mercedes-Benz Stadium produced more lasting memories for Emeka Egbuka. Only eight months after helping Ohio State win a national championship by beating Notre Dame, Egbuka grabbed the spotlight in his return…