HOUSTON (AP) — Houston closer Jose Veras had faced Chris Young in the past and remembered that the outfielder couldn't hit his curveball.
That changed on Friday night.
Young connected on a three-run homer in the ninth inning off Veras to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 win over the Astros.
Young, who grew up in Houston, is hitting just .189 this season. But he's a career .418 hitter at Minute Maid Park with seven home runs...
Profiles of the 33 drivers in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, in starting order with car number in parentheses, age, hometown, engine, race team, and biographical information (w-former winner; r-rookie):
ROW 1
1. (20) Ed Carpenter, 32, Indianapolis; Chevrolet, Ed Carpenter Racing. Stepson of former speedway executive Tony George became first member of track-owning family to win Indianapolis 500 pole. Has two career wins. Started own team last season and...
Facts and figures of the 97th Indianapolis 500-mile race Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
EVENT — The 97th Indianapolis 500.
DISTANCE — 500 miles; 200 laps around the asphalt-on-brick Indianapolis Motor Speedway track, a 2.5-mile rectangular oval.
SANCTIONING BODY — IndyCar.
RACE CARS — Open-cockpit, open-wheel and single-seat, with 2.2-liter, 550-700 horsepower turbocharged V-6 engines....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Michael Cuddyer homered and hit a two-run double after coming off the disabled list, Tyler Chatwood beat San Francisco for the second time in seven days and the Colorado Rockies blanked the Giants 5-0 on Friday night.
Carlos Gonzalez also hit a solo homer and D.J. LeMahieu added an RBI single as the Rockies beat two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum for the second time in a week.
The Rockies, swept in a three-game series...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — U.S. Olympic champion Ryan Lochte won the 200-meter backstroke and 200 freestyle Friday night in the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup.
Lochte finished the backstroke in 1 minute, 59.56 seconds and took the freestyle in 1:50.15.
"I have a faster gear," he said. "I just never went to it. The time was decent. The win was nice."
American Emily Brunemann won the women's 1,500 in a meet-record...
| Colorado | San Francisco | |||
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| ab r h bi | ab r h bi | |||
| Fowler cf | 3 0 0 0 | Pagan cf | 4 0 1 0 | |
| Arenad 3b | 4 1 1 0 | Scutaro 2b | 4 0 0 0 | |
| CGnzlz lf | 4 2 2 1 | Kontos p | 0 0 0 0 | ...
BOSTON (AP) — Cleveland starter Justin Masterson said he felt something was slightly off as he prepared to face the Boston Red Sox.
It turned out to be his slider, and not by just a little.
Mike Carp hit a three-run homer in the third and the Red Sox added two more runs against Cleveland's ace in an 8-1 victory over the Indians on Friday night.
"This was probably the first one I didn't really feel the greatest," Masterson said. "...
PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon McCarthy pitched seven effective innings for his second straight win and Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run double to cap Arizona's five-run seventh inning, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 5-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.
Arizona managed two hits over the first six innings against Eric Stults (4-4) before breaking it open in the seventh.
Martin Prado had a run-scoring double, pinch-hitter Wil Nieves followed...
| San Diego | Arizona | |||
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| ab r h bi | ab r h bi | |||
| EvCarr ss | 5 1 2 1 | Pollock cf | 4 1 3 1 | |
| Denorfi rf | 4 0 0 0 | Gregrs ss | 4 1 0 0 | |
| Headly 3b | 3 0 0 0 | Gldsch 1b | 4 0 2 2 | ...
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Colin Montgomerie called the Sergio Garcia "fried chicken" controversy a "mountain out of a molehill."
The Scottish player spoke Friday about the controversy surrounding Garcia and George O'Grady, the European Tour CEO who used the term "colored" during a live television interview in which he was reacting to the spat between Garcia and Tiger Woods.
"It's a mountain out of a molehill, to be honest. Totally," Montgomerie...
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