McCutchen ties Clemente for third on Pirates' all-time homers list with 240

McCutchen ties Clemente for third on Pirates' all-time homers list with 240

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen tied Roberto Clemente for third place on the Pittsburgh Pirates' all-time home run list at 240 with a two-run shot off San Diego's Randy Vásquez in the third inning on Sunday. It was the second homer in two games and fifth of the season for the 38-year-old McCutchen, who's in his 17th big league season and 12th with Pittsburgh over two stints. It gave the Pirates a 2-1 lead. Clemente hit 240 homers from 1955-1972. He was 38 when he was killed on Dec. 31, 1972, in the crash of a plane he chartered to deliver emergency supplies for the survivors of an earthquake in Nicaragua. He was posthumously elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973. Willie Stargell tops the Pirates' list with 475 homers and Ralph Kiner is next with 301. McCutchen has 324 homers in a career in which he's also played for Philadelphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco and the New York Yankees. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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June 01, 2025

McCutchen ties Clemente for third on Pirates' all-time homers list with 240

McCutchen ties Clemente for third on Pirates' all-time homers list with 240 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Andrew McCutchen tied Roberto Clemente for ...

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Who will Texas softball play next in WCWS semifinals? Longhorns to take on Tennessee

Who will Texas softball play next in WCWS semifinals? Longhorns to take on Tennessee

USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. TheTexas softballprogram took an enormous step toward a national championship on May 31. Facing off against four-time reigning national championOklahoma, which defeated them in the championship series of last year's Women's College World Series, the No. 6 Longhorns pulled off the upset, getting solo home runs from Kayden Henry and Joley Mitchell toknock off the rival No. 2 Sooners 4-2at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. By earning the win, Texas cleared what had been an insurmountable hurdle. It was the Longhorns' first-ever win against Oklahoma in the WCWS and entering the day, they had been 0-3 against the Sooners (compared to 52-8 against everyone else). REQUIRED READING:Teagan Kavan leads Texas softball to WCWS win vs Oklahoma hours after grandmother dies As one of just two undefeated teams remaining in the field, more obstacles still await coach Mike White's team. With the win against Oklahoma, Texas earned a day off, after which it will regroup to take onNo. 7 Tennessee, whichdefeated No. 9 UCLA 5-4on June 1 in an elimination game. A win against the Lady Vols would eliminate Tennessee from the WCWS. TV channel:ESPN Live stream: ESPN app |ESPN+ Texas softball's Women's College World Series game against Tennessee will air on ESPN. Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Jessica Mendoza (analyst) and Michele Smith (analyst) will be on the call while Holly Rowe will serve as the sideline reporter. Streaming options for all four games include the ESPN app, which requires a valid cable login to access, andESPN+, ESPN's subscription streaming service. Watch Texas softball vs. Tennessee live with ESPN+ Date: Monday, June 2 Time: Noon ET Location: Devon Park (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) The first pitch of the Longhorns' game against Tennessee is scheduled for noon ET on Monday, June 2 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Below is Texas' postseason schedule. For the Longhorns' full 2025 schedule,click here, Austin Regional Friday, May 16:No. 6 Texas 10, Eastern Illinois 2 Saturday, May 17:No. 6 Texas, Michigan 4 Sunday, May 18:No. 6 Texas 9, UCF 0 Austin Super Regional Thursday, May 22:No. 11 Clemson 7, No. 6 Texas 4 Friday, May 23:No. 6 Texas 7, No. 11 Clemson 5 Saturday, May 24:No. 6 Texas 6,No. 11 Clemson 5 Women's College World Series Thursday, May 29:No. 6 Texas 3, No. 3 Florida 0 Saturday, May 31:No. 6 Texas 4, No. 2 Oklahoma 2 Monday, June 2:No. 6 Texas vs. No. 7 Tennessee REQUIRED READING:How Texas finally solved its OU softball 'mental hurdle' at the WCWS | Mussatto Below is Tennessee softball's postseason schedule. For the Lady Vols' full schedule,click here. Knoxville Regional Friday, May 16: No. 7 Tennessee 17, Miami (Ohio) 0 (5 innings) Saturday, May 17: No. 7 Tennessee 4, Ohio State 2 Sunday, May 18: No. 7 Tennessee 5, Ohio State 0 Knoxville Super Regional Friday, May 23: Nebraska 5, No. 7 Tennessee 2 Saturday, May 24:No. 7 Tennessee 3, Nebraska 2 Sunday, May 25: No. 7 Tennessee 1, Nebraska 0 Women's College World Series Thursday, May 29: No. 2 Oklahoma 4, No. 7 Tennessee 2 Friday, May 30: No. 7 Tennessee 11, No. 3 Florida (5 innings) Sunday, June 1: No. 7 Tennessee 5, No. 9 UCLA 4 (9 innings) Monday, June 2:No. 7 Tennessee vs. No. 6 Texas This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:WCWS 2025: Who will Texas softball play next in national semifinals?

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June 01, 2025

Who will Texas softball play next in WCWS semifinals? Longhorns to take on Tennessee

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Tennessee's Karen Weekly: 'Everybody but four people' saw Megan Grant miss home plate

Tennessee's Karen Weekly: 'Everybody but four people' saw Megan Grant miss home plate

Roughly 90 minutes had passed since a controversial, game-tying home run sentTennessee softball's Women's College World Series elimination game against UCLA into extra innings Sunday. But as she sat down for her post-game news conference after her team's win,Lady Volscoach Karen Weekly wasn't any less bothered by what had occurred. Weekly teed off on the umpiring and replay review crews afterNo. 7 Tennessee's 5-4 victory against No. 9 UCLAin nine innings, noting that she believed the incorrect call had been made on atwo-run homer from Bruins slugger Megan Grant, who didn't touch home plate as she completed her trot around the bases. REQUIRED READING:Tennessee softball, Karlyn Pickens vs UCLA highlights: Lady Vols going back to WCWS semifinals "I think everybody but four people saw the play at the plate," Weekly said. "We saw in the dugout she had missed the plate and we saw her teammates had kind of pushed her back. By rule, that should have been nullified. ... We went to the umpire and said, 'This is what happened.' Then they did their thing." After Grant had initially stepped over home plate, one player in her mob of teammates who greeted her, Alexis Ramirez, grabbed her and moved her in the direction of the plate to make sure she touched it. "The runner did miss home plate, it was assisted. However, that play is not reviewable."UCLA tied the game with this home run in the seventh inning. Tennessee challenged the play and the ruling was ultimately upheld after review.pic.twitter.com/8HzgMhUQ76 — ESPN (@espn)June 1, 2025 After a 20-minute video review, it was determined that, while Grant did not touch the plate and had been assisted, it was not reviewable according toAppendix G of the NCAA Softball Rule Book. When asked later during her news conference about what her team did to occupy itself during the review, Weekly sarcastically referred to it as "that lengthy review-not review." REQUIRED READING:Why did Megan Grant's home run count in WCWS for UCLA? Play was not reviewable The victory the Lady Vols would have gotten had the call gone the other way was ultimately delayed, not denied. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, Tennessee native Laura Mealer roped a single to left field to bring home the game-winning run. With the win, Tennessee has advanced to the WCWS semifinals on June 2, where it will play No. 6 Texas. The Lady Vols, who already have a loss in the double-elimination tournament, will need to beat the Longhorns twice in order to make it to the WCWS championship series. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Tennessee's Karen Weekly addresses controversial Megan Grant home run

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Tennessee's Karen Weekly: 'Everybody but four people' saw Megan Grant miss home plate

Tennessee's Karen Weekly: 'Everybody but four people' saw Megan Grant miss home plate Roughly 90 minutes had passed since a cont...

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Scheffler wins again at Memorial. Stark takes U.S. Women's Open

Scheffler wins again at Memorial. Stark takes U.S. Women's Open

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler never lost the lead and never gave anyone much of a chance down the stretch Sunday in another relentless performance, closing with a 2-under 70 for a four-shot victory to join Tiger Woods as the only repeat winners of the Memorial. Slowed by hand surgery at the start of the year from a freak accident, Scheffler appears to be in full stride with one major already in the bag and another around the corner at the U.S. Open. On one of the tougher PGA Tour tests of the year, Scheffler made one bogey over the final 40 holes at Muirfield Village. He finished at 10-under 278. Ben Griffin tried to make it interesting at the end with a 12-foot eagle on the par-5 15th and a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th to close within two shots with two to play. Scheffler, however, doesn't make mistakes. Griffin made double bogey on the 17th. Griffin made a 4-foot par on the 18th for a 73 to finish alone in second, worth $2.2 million, more than what he earned when he won at Colonial last week. Sepp Straka (70) finished another shot back. Scheffler now has won three times in his last four starts — the exception was Colonial, a tie for fourth the week after winning the PGA Championship — and expanded his margin at No. 1 in the world to levels not seen since Woods in his peak years. Woods is a five-time winner at Memorial who won three straight from 1999 through 2001. No one had repeated at Muirfield Village since then until Scheffler. United States Golf Association ERIN, Wis. (AP) — Maja Stark of Sweden continued the steady play she demonstrated all week to win the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills for her first major championship. Stark shot an even-par 72 to finish at 7-under 281, two strokes ahead of top-ranked Nelly Korda and Japan's Rio Takeda. Stark earned $2.4 million in the biggest event of the women's golf season. The 25-year-old Stark became the sixth Swede to win a women's major, and the first since Anna Nordqvist in the 2021 Women's British Open. The former Oklahoma State player is the first Swede to win a U.S. Women's Open since Annika Sorenstam in 2006. Stark won her second second LPGA Tour title. She also won the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland, an event co-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour. Korda closed with a 71, and Takeda had a 72. Hye-Jin Choi (68), Ruoning Yin (70) and Mao Saigo (73) tied for fourth at 4 under. Hailee Cooper (70) and Hinako Shibuno (74) were 3 under. European Tour SALZBERG, Austria (AP) — Nicolai von Dellingshausen of Germany closed with a 5-under 65 to win the Austrian Alpine Open by two shots and capture his first title on the European tour. Von Dellingshausen began the final round one shot behind fellow German Marcel Schneider and quickly seized control with three birdies and an eagle on the opening nine. After another birdie to start the back nine, he closed with eight straight pars. Von Dellingshausen finished at 19-under 261, two ahead of Schneider (68) and Kristoffer Reitan, who was coming off a victory in Belgium last week at the Soudal Open. Reitan shot a 60, missing an eagle putt on the final hole in his bid for only the second 59 in European tour history. PGA Tour Champions DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Principal Charity Classic at Wakonda Club for his third PGA Tour Champions victory of the year, beating Soren Kjeldsen and Cameron Percy with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. Jimenez closed with a birdie on the 311-yard, par-4 18th for a 2-under 70, then made a 4-footer for another birdie on the extra hole. The 61-year-old Spanish star led wire-to-wire, opening with rounds of 63 and 66. Jimenez has 16 career PGA Tour Champions victories, also winning the Trophy Hassan II in February in Morocco and the Hoag Classic in March in Newport Beach, California. Kjeldsen finished with a 63, and Percy shot 67 to match Jimenez at 17-under 199. Kevin Sutherland was a stroke back after a 68. Korn Ferry Tour RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Trace Crowe made five birdies on the front nine to build a comfortable lead, and then survived a few nervous moment before pulling away with a 5-under 65 to win the UNC Health Championship for his second career Korn Ferry Tour title. Crowe had a one-shot lead over Martin Laird going into the final round and was four ahead heading to the back nine. Laird stayed in the game, and a two-shot swing on the 14th — Laird made birdie, Crowe his first bogey of the day — trimmed Crowe's lead to one. Crowe birdied the 15th for a two-shot swing in his favor, and Laird bogeyed the next two. Crowe finished at 21-under 259 for a five-shot win over Laird (69), Davis Chatfield (68) and Hank Lebioda (61). Other tours Mikiya Akutsu closed with a 1-under 71 to win the Mizuno Open by four shots over Young-Han Song and Riki Kawamoto on the Japan Golf Tour. All three players earned a spot in the British Open as part of Open Qualifying Series. ... Rocco Repetto Taylor won his first Challenge Tour title on home soil when he closed with a 4-under 68 for a one-shot victory in the Challenge de Cadiz in Spain. ... Malcolm Mitchell closed with a 1-under 71 and defeated Jonathan Broomhead in a playoff to win the Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. ... Nanako Inagaki held on with a 1-over 73 for a one-shot victory in the Resort Trust Ladies on the Japan LPGA. ... Yunji Jeong shot a 1-under 70 and for a one-shot win in the Suhyup Bank MBN Ladies Open on the Korea LPGA. ___ AP golf:https://apnews.com/hub/golf

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June 01, 2025

Scheffler wins again at Memorial. Stark takes U.S. Women's Open

Scheffler wins again at Memorial. Stark takes U.S. Women's Open DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler never lost the lead and never gave...

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Raleigh hits 23rd homer and Arozarena gets winning hit in 9th to lift Mariners over Twins 2-1

Raleigh hits 23rd homer and Arozarena gets winning hit in 9th to lift Mariners over Twins 2-1

SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 23rd homer and Randy Arozarena singled home the winning run in the ninth inning to give the Seattle Mariners a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday. Arozarena grounded a base hit up the middle with one out to score Julio Rodriguez, who singled against Griffin Jax (1-3) leading off the ninth. Rodriguez stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Ryan Jeffers. Raleigh walloped a curveball in the seventh from Twins starter Chris Paddack, who was otherwise brilliant for eight innings. He struck out 10, walked one and limited the Mariners to four hits. Paddack threw 75 of his 110 pitches for strikes. Luis Castillo pitched six shutout innings for Seattle, but the Twins tied it against closer Andrés Muñoz (2-0) in the ninth on Harrison Bader's sacrifice fly. Key moment As dominant as Castillo was, the Twins nearly broke through against him when they put runners at the corners in the third with two outs. Mariners third baseman Ben Williamson did an excellent job charging in on a chopper from Carlos Correa to end the inning. Key stat Raleigh was the first Mariners player with at least 10 home runs (10 in March/April, 12 in May) in multiple months since Nelson Cruz in 2016. The catcher became the first Seattle player to do it in back-to-back months since Alex Rodriguez in 1999. Up next Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (5-2, 2.57 ERA) starts Monday night on the road against the Athletics. Following an off day, Mariners RHP George Kirby (0-2, 11.42) gets the ball Tuesday to begin a three-game series against Baltimore. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/MLB

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June 01, 2025

Raleigh hits 23rd homer and Arozarena gets winning hit in 9th to lift Mariners over Twins 2-1

Raleigh hits 23rd homer and Arozarena gets winning hit in 9th to lift Mariners over Twins 2-1 SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit his major leagu...

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