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Guardians throw one away

CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookies are prone to mistakes. Cooper Ingle made a big one he may never forget. Cleveland's left fielder lost track of the number of outs in the seventh inning and threw the ball into the stands, allowing the Texas Rangers to score the go-ahead run in a 4-2 victory over the Guardians on Tuesday night. "Obviously, I feel terrible," Ingle said, his face flushed red on a warm, humid night. "It's a pretty embarrassing feeling." With a runner at second base and one out in the seventh, the 24-year-old Ingle, making just his second major league start as an outfielder, ...

Pirates show their strength

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez and Jared Triolo both hit home runs to help the Pittsburgh Pirates escape an early five-run deficit, and Endy Rodriguez closed the deal with a three-run homer in the ninth for an 11-7 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night. The Pirates posted ...

Call Pittsburgh twin city

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Born eight minutes earlier than his twin brother, Liam, Marcus Ruck is fine with ceding NHL draft bragging rights. All that mattered to Ruck on Saturday was being selected with the 39th pick in the second round by Pittsburgh in following his brother, who was drafted 22nd overall by the Penguins a day earlier. "He can brag to me all he wants. I'm just so happy to be with him. I know he won't brag, but if he wanted to, he could," Ruck said. "To be with him, it's so special." The twins are from Osoyoos, British Columbia, and spent the past two-plus seasons as ...

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Confidence grows for American

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — U.S. captain Tim Ream says his teammates all recognize the golden opportunity in front of them to make their nation's best World Cup run in their home tournament over the following days — and hopefully weeks. Yet instead of feeling amplified pressure under the raised expectations created by their strong group round and a groundswell of national support, these Americans appeared to be energized by the opportunity to make history as they broke camp Monday at their training base in Orange County. "Would it be weird if I told you I don't really feel too much ...

Slow start at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) — This Wimbledon couldn't have started much worse for the home team. After Emma Raducanu withdrew on the eve of the Grand Slam tournament with a stress fracture, Jack Draper followed suit on Monday by pulling out because of long-term arm injury. That left the grass-court tournament without the two biggest names in British tennis. And the lesser names soon tumbled out, one by one. All 10 British players who completed their first-round matches on Monday lost. An 11th, Jack Pinnington Jones, was two sets down and trailing 4-3 in the third against American Brandon ...