(Photo credit: Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports) The Brewers handed ace Max Scherzer his first loss with the Texas Rangers as Milwaukee won 6-2 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series of division-leading teams in Arlington, Texas. Scherzer was 3-0 with 1.80 ERA in his first three Rangers starts since waiving his no-trade clause to join Texas from the New York Mets for top Rangers prospect Luisangel Acuna before the trade de
(Photo credit: Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports) Viktor Hovland ripped through the back nine of Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club to post a final-round, 9-under-par 61 and win the BMW Championship on Sunday. The Norwegian holed seven birdies on the back nine to come home in 7-under 28. His career-low round on the PGA Tour also broke the course record of 62 that Max Homa and Sam Burns shot earlier in the week. Hovland start
(Photo credit: Matthew O'Haren-USA TODAY Sports) William Byron added to his career-best Cup Series season in strong fashion Sunday afternoon, winning NASCAR's Go Bowling at the Glen in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The Hendrick Motorsports driver conquered Watkins Glen International's 2.45-mile layout for his first road-course triumph by beating Denny Hamlin by 2.632 seconds in the regular-season's penultimate race. In a race with
(Photo credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports) Arike Ogunbowale collected 17 points and eight assists and Teaira McCowan recorded 15 points and 13 rebounds on Sunday afternoon, lifting the visiting Dallas Wings to a 97-84 victory over the Washington Mystics. Natasha Howard scored 15 points and Crystal Dangerfield added 14 to help the Wings (18-14) win their third game in a row overall and third in four meetings with
(Photo credit: Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports) Paul Goldschmidt hit a home run, scored twice and drove in three runs as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting New York Mets to 7-3 Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep. Richie Palacios drove in two runs and made a homer-robbing catch for the Cardinals, who finished with 15 hits and snapped their four-game losing streak. Pete Alonso hit his 39th homer for the Mets, whose f
(Photo credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports) Justin Turner hit a tie-breaking double in the ninth inning and the Boston Red Sox beat the host New York Yankees 6-5 on Sunday afternoon to send their longtime rival to an eighth straight loss for the first time since 1995. The Yankees are on their first eight-game skid since Aug. 19-26, 1995, when they went from 53-50 to 53-58 before finishing 26-7 to get the first wild-car
(Photo credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports) Joc Pederson worked a bases-loaded walk to force in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and give the visiting San Francisco Giants a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday to salvage a game in the three-game series. The loss broke Atlanta's five-game winning streak and handed the Braves their first home loss in eight games this month. The Giants ended a three-game losing s
