Go to Source Author: AP News The Cincinnati Reds and Kansas City Royals will play a doubleheader Wednesday, as a result of the postponement of Tuesday's scheduled game.In the first game, the Reds will send Luis Castillo to the mound to face the Royals' Brad Keller. Both pitchers will be starting against the same opponent as they did in their last starts in Cincinnati last week, which happened to be their first career appearance against that opponent.In the nightcap, veterans Trevor Bauer of the Indians and Matt Harvey of the Royals will face off in an intriguing matchup.The games will be the Reds' first since their season was put on hold following Friday's 8-1 victory over the Pirates because a player tested

Go to Source Author: AP News The Toronto Blue Jays have hit the ball well at times this season, especially in the first two games of a three-game set against the host Baltimore Orioles.Toronto has scored 15 runs en route to two wins and will try for a series sweep Wednesday afternoon. The Blue Jays are coming off an 8-7 victory in 10 innings over the slumping Orioles. Baltimore has dropped three in a row and four of five.With Bo Bichette (knee) on the 10-day injured list, the Blue Jays know that they have to simply hit to be competitive."We've just got to get the ball in play," Randal Grichuk told The Toronto Sun a few days ago. If we can continue

Go to Source Author: AP News EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Facing an early deficit, the Vegas Golden Knights were sparked by its stars, setting the stage for Alex Tuch to send top-seed in the Western Conference into the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Tuch scored the tiebreaking goal 1:34 into the third period, and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from an early two-goal deficit to eliminate the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-3 win in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.Vegas became the first team in the playoffs to advance to the conference semifinals. The Golden Knights will face the lowest remaining seed in the next round.''We were glad to get it over with tonight because they weren't

Go to Source Author: AP News A grueling schedule will continue for the St. Louis Cardinals as they play their third doubleheader in five days when they take on the Chicago Cubs for a pair of games Wednesday.The Cardinals are scrambling to make up games after a COVID-19 outbreak forced the team to sit idle for more than two weeks. St. Louis is 3-3 since returning to play, but the barrage of games has taken a toll on the pitching staff.Cardinals veteran infielder Matt Carpenter said he and his teammates have embraced the challenge of the schedule."If we do make the playoffs, I think it would be an amazing story of perseverance, grit and nothing short of a miracle, to be honest,"

Go to Source Author: AP News A grueling schedule will continue for the St. Louis Cardinals as they play their third doubleheader in five days when they take on the Chicago Cubs for a pair of games Wednesday.The Cardinals are scrambling to make up games after a COVID-19 outbreak forced the team to sit idle for more than two weeks. St. Louis is 3-3 since returning to play, but the barrage of games has taken a toll on the pitching staff.Cardinals veteran infielder Matt Carpenter said he and his teammates have embraced the challenge of the schedule."If we do make the playoffs, I think it would be an amazing story of perseverance, grit and nothing short of a miracle, to be honest,"

Go to Source Author: AP News MINNEAPOLIS (AP) With his move to Minnesota, Kenta Maeda welcomed the opportunity to be a full-time starter and finally be done dabbling in the bullpen.His capability and durability was on full display Tuesday night.Maeda lost a no-hitter in the ninth inning for the Twins, who blew a three-run lead but came back to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 in 12 innings.''He was in total control. He's showing us all of the different dimensions to what he can do out on the mound,'' Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. ''Even for people who are in baseball, to watch a performance like that does put you a little bit in awe.''Maeda's no-hit bid ended on Eric Sogard's soft

Go to Source Author: AP News CHICAGO (AP) Yu Darvish is taking his time again.Slow and deliberate works just fine for him.Darvish pitched six effective innings in his fourth straight win, and the banged-up Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Tuesday night.''His stuff is electric,'' Cubs manager David Ross said. ''You've got to respect so many different pitches, and he can throw them to both sides of the plate. I mean this guy is a premier pitcher in my mind.''Darvish allowed one run and eight hits while improving to 4-0 with a 1.04 ERA since he struggled in his first start of the season July 25 against Milwaukee - matching his career-best win streak. The right-hander struck out

Go to Source Author: Nick Selbe In episode two of 'Hard Knocks,' the Chargers' rookie quarterback adapts to life in the NFL as both teams strap up their helmets for the first time.It was relatively brief, so much so that you might have missed it while scrolling through your phone or preparing dinner. But for a fleeting minute at the end of episode two of Hard Knocks, we finally saw it: real, actual, full(ish) speed football.Alright, we're using terms like "real" and "actual" pretty liberally here. What we saw on Tuesday night was merely players in helmets and shorts with no shoulder pads. Still, in these strange times, watching NFL players engaging in some semblance of football was a wonderful sight to