Rich Aurilia hit a three-run homer, and the surging Cincinnati Reds took advantage of an inning full of Pirates slapstick for an 11-9 victory, extending Pittsburgh's worst start in 32 years.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
At Chicago, Derrek Lee hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to the victory.
Brewers 5, Diamondbacks 4
At Milwaukee, Carlos Lee's ninth-inning single led the Brewers to their fifth straight comeback win.
Milwaukee is 5-0 for the first time since 1987 and the third time in franchise history.
Giants 12, Braves 6
At San Francisco, Omar Vizquel had four hits and five RBIs and Moises Alou hit a two-run homer for San Francisco.
Nationals 12, Astros 8
At Houston, Jose Vidro hit a three-run homer and drove in five runs and Alfonso Soriano had four RBIs to lead Washington.
Rockies 12, Padres 4
At San Diego, Miguel Ojeda, a former Padres backup catcher, drove in four runs with a homer and single, and Clint Barmes also hit a two-run homer as Colorado embarrassed Dewon Brazelton in his San Diego debut.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen go into today’s match at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim stung from their first league defeat in 16 months. Leverkusen were beaten 3-2 at home by RB Leipzig before the international break, the first loss since May last year for the reigning league and cup champions. While any defeat, particularly against a likely title rival, would have disappointed coach Xabi Alonso, the way in which it happened would be most concerning. Just as they did in the Supercup against VfB Stuttgart and in the league opener to Borussia Moenchengladbach, Leverkusen scored first, but were pegged back. However, while Leverkusen rallied late to
If all goes well when the biggest marathon field ever gathered in Australia races 42km through the streets of Sydney on Sunday, World Marathon Majors (WMM) will soon add a seventh race to the elite series. The Sydney Marathon is to become the first race since Tokyo in 2013 to join long-established majors in New York, London, Boston, Berlin and Chicago if it passes the WMM assessment criteria for the second straight year. “We’re really excited for Sunday to arrive,” race director Wayne Larden told a news conference in Sydney yesterday. “We’re prepared, we’re ready. All of our plans look good on
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the leader of the organization’s reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently,” he wrote. No mention of the test ever became public and Valieva’s defense at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) went on without it. What effect the information could have had on Valieva’s case is unclear, but without it, the skater, then 15 years old, was eventually disqualified from the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned heart medication that would later