KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gabriel Moreno gave Arizona the lead in the ninth inning with a two-run double, Ketel Marte added a three-run homer and the Diamondbacks beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6 on Wednesday night. Eugenio Saurez homered for Arizona in the second and Joc Pederson and Christian Walker hit back-to-back shots in the fourth to make it 3-1. Pederson has 200 career homers. With Arizona down 4-3 in the ninth against closer James McArthur (4-4), Lourdes Gurriel Jr singled with one out, Geraldo Perdomo walked and Moreno slashed the double that rolled to the wall in the right-center gap. After Corbin Carroll’s single, Marte blasted a three-run homer to center. The All-Star homered in all three games in the series.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — MartĂn PĂ©rez pitched six scoreless innings, Rowdy Tellez homered into the Allegheny River and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat St. Louis 5-0 to take two of three games from the Cardinals. PĂ©rez (2-5) allowed four hits, three in his final two innings, and walked five with two strikeouts. Tellez chased Matthew Liberatore (2-3) at the start of the fourth inning by sending a fastball 447 feet into the river beyond the wall in right field, extending the Pirates’ lead to five runs. Liberatore allowed five runs on four hits in three innings, walking three and striking out three.
SEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout will not play Wednesday night for Triple-A Salt Lake and is leaving his minor league rehab assignment after one game to be re-evaluated in Southern California. Trout began a rehab stint Tuesday with Salt Lake but exited after just two innings because of soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. Before the Angels’ game Wednesday in Seattle, manager Ron Washington said Trout reported he was feeling better, and Washington hoped the three-time MVP would be able to serve as the designated hitter for Salt Lake that night. But later on Wednesday, the Angels announced that Trout would not be in the lineup and was returning to Southern California. Trout went on the injured list April 30 with a torn meniscus.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A new era of Big Ten football kicked off Wednesday when first-year UCLA coach DeShaun Foster and Southern California coach Lincoln Riley took the podium inside Lucas Oil Stadium. Both stepped up to the microphone as their school fight songs played. They were joined by new Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith, who also made the jump from the Pac-12 to Michigan State. And now, the real transition begins. The coaches from the previous Big Ten members are now figuring out how to deal with the travel. Some hope to welcome the California schools for November football games.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers’ offseason excursion to Egypt during mandatory minicamp made quite a few headlines. The New York Jets quarterback has another trip in mind. And it would be even bigger news. Rodgers said Wednesday the goal for the Jets is getting to New Orleans, referring to the site of this season’s Super Bowl. The 40-year-old Rodgers is putting the torn left Achilles tendon that abruptly ended his season last year after just four snaps behind him and focusing on big dreams for a franchise that has the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 13 years.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts says he's in a great place with head coach Nick Sirianni. The duo have had their relationship scrutinized after a late-season collapse knocked the Eagles from Super Bowl contender to one-and-done in the playoffs. Sirianni says his relationship with Hurts is “good.” The 25-year-old Hurts accounted for a combined 38 touchdowns passing and rushing last season. Hurts enters this season with his third straight new offensive coordinator.
UNDATED (AP) — The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s $1.8 billion per year offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league. The media rights deals were approved by the league’s Board of Governors last week and will bring the league about $76 billion over those 11 years. WBD had five days to match a part of those deals and said it was exercising its right to do so, but its offer was not considered a true match by the NBA. It says it will now take appropriate action.
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Stunning goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Michael Olise helped France to a 3-0 victory over the United States in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. Loic Bade added the third with a late header to seal a win that had looked in doubt until former Arsenal striker Lacazette struck with a long range effort in the 61st minute in Marseille. Earlier, Morocco secured a wild 2-1 win over Argentina at the start of the tournament — but not before furious fans invaded the pitch to protest what appeared to be an equalizer by Cristian Medina in the 16th-minute of stoppage time. Objects were thrown onto the field and security had to restrain fans, causing the game in Saint-Etienne to be suspended for nearly two hours.
SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — Morocco fans crashed the pitch to protest a late goal by Argentina at the opening match of the Paris Olympics men’s soccer tournament. It was an angry and bizarre scene that left the game suspended for nearly two hours with only minutes remaining. Moments before play resumed, the goal was disallowed by VAR for offside, and Morocco held on for a 2-1 victory. But not before a furious reaction from Morocco fans who thought they’d been denied a critical win.
PARIS (AP) — Paris has long been a city of dreamers: Just look at the Eiffel Tower, for decades the world’s loftiest structure. But France’s capital is aiming higher still with its first Olympic Games in a century, which open Friday. The most audacious Olympic opening ceremony ever — a gala spectacular on the River Seine that even French President Emmanuel Macron says initially felt like “a crazy and not very serious idea” — kicks off 16 days of competition that promise to be ground-breaking. Expect a heady blend of Olympic sports, iconic Paris monuments and France’s famous “savoir faire” in its world-renowned capital of fashion, gastronomy and culture could help secure the Games’ longer-term future. But Paris’ challenges are huge, too.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year NiJaree Canady will be pitching for Texas Tech after two seasons at Stanford. Canady announced her commitment on social media Wednesday. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, reported that Canady will receive a name, image and likeness deal worth seven figures. Canady helped Stanford reach the Women’s College World Series the past two seasons. She had a combined record of 41-10 and a 0.67 ERA with 55 strikeouts in 365 2/3 innings her freshman and sophomore seasons. Canady entered the transfer portal last month and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
UNDATED (AP) — A federal judged has denied the first objection to a $2.77 billion settlement of antitrust lawuits facing the NCAA and five power conferences, ruling against Houston Christian University’s motion to intervene. The small private school that has been a member of NCAA’s Division I since 2013 was the first —- and so far only — school to object to the settlement agreement that was announced in May. The full-term sheet of the settlement is expected to be filed with the U.S. District Court in Northern California by Friday, an attorney for the plaintiffs’ told AP earlier this week.
WEDNESDAY SCORES
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Final Minnesota 5 Philadelphia 4
Final Colorado 20 Boston 7
Final Miami 6 Baltimore 3
Final N.Y. Mets 12 N.Y. Yankees 3
Final Arizona 8 Kansas City 6
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Houston 8 Oakland 1
Final L.A. Angels 2 Seattle 1
Final Cleveland 2 Detroit 1
Final Toronto 6 Tampa Bay 3
Final Texas 10 Chicago White Sox 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Atlanta 1 p.m. (Postponed)
Final Pittsburgh 5 St. Louis 0
Final Cincinnati 9 Atlanta 4
Final Milwaukee 3 Chicago Cubs 2
Final San Diego 12 Washington 3