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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
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The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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AP“We’ve been talking a little bit and, hopefully, it’s not something that drags out too long,” Webb said. “We’ll get something done.”
Chris Young hit a two-run drive, his second homer in as many games, and Snyder had a two-run double for the Diamondbacks, who split the four-game series to finish their longest homestand of the season 5-5. Justin Upton added a solo home run for Arizona.
“Any time you get Webby run support, he just kind of gets some confidence and gets in synch and just starts pitching to contact, getting early ground balls, conserving his pitches,” Snyder said, “and he did his job.”
Brett Myers (2-3) allowed seven runs — six earned — and nine hits in five innings. He struck out five and walked three, one intentionally.
“I can’t put together back-to-back good starts and I don’t know what the problem is,” Myers said. “That’s frustrating. I don’t know. I made some good pitches they hit, I made some bad pitches they crushed. I don’t know. I’v’e just got to keep working and try to get through it.”
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel certainly expects better.
“He’s got to pitch better than that,” Manuel said. “He’s got to get consistent. He plays a part in us winning. He was our opening day starter and we want him to be consistent. HE has to pitch and win for us. He had a rough day.”
Shane Victorino singled twice and scored twice for the Phillies. Eric Bruntlett had two singles and an RBI.
The Phillies scratched out a run in the first. Victorino led off with an infield single off the glove of first baseman Pat Burke and took second on a passed ball. He advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Chase Utley’s sacrifice fly.
Young’s eighth homer of the season — coming after Augie Ojeda’s single — gave Arizona the lead for good in the bottom half.
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The Diamondbacks scored four in the fourth. Myers walked the first two batters, then Mark Reynolds loaded the bases with the second of his three singles. Snyder followed with a double down the left-field line.
Eric Byrnes hit into what looked to be a double play, but second baseman Utley dropped the ball for an error that allowed another run to score. Ojeda’s sacrifice fly made it 7-1.
Upton led off the seventh with a homer off Clay Condrey.
Notes: 1B Conor Jackson (head injury) and 2B Orlando Hudson (hamstring) were out of the Arizona lineup, but Jackson is expected to play Friday and Hudson could return over the weekend, Melvin said. ... Bruntlett was 7-for-18 with eight RBIs in the series.
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