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Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Friday: SOCCER Premier League Olsson reflects on how to cope with Zlatan and Costa STOCKHOLM - Former West Bromwich Albion defender Jonas Olsson Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 10:08:am EST

Highlights of Thursday's Major League Baseball games: Mets 9, Marlins 8 Travis d'Arnaud blasted an upper-deck solo home run in the top of the 16th inning to lead the New York Mets to a wild 9-8 win over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night at Marlins Park. The game, which ended at 12:51 a.m. EST, was tied for the fourth longest in Marlins history. Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1 Kevin Gausman pitched six effective innings, Jonathan Schoop and J.J. Hardy had fifth-inning RBIs, and Baltimore sent Toronto to its sixth straight loss. Continue to Article

April 14, 2017 2:52:am EST

BOSTON -- Xander Bogaerts' RBI single capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning Thursday, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in a makeup from a rainout in the opening series. Boston ended up sweeping Pittsburgh in three games at Fenway Park after winning the first two games of the season. Andrew McCutchen tied Barry Bonds for fourth on Pittsburgh's all-time list with his first homer of the season, but the Pirates lost their fourth straight. Matt Barnes (2-0) worked one inning of hitless relief. Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth for his third save. Hanley Ramirez hit a bases-loaded, two-run double in the eighth off Juan Nicasio (0-2) that made it 3-all. Mookie Betts, Continue to Article

April 13, 2017 10:56:pm EST

When it comes to Hanley Ramirez, his happiness might be more valuable to the Red Sox than playing first base occasionally. Happiness is a hot bat. Ramirez on Thursday had a huge eighth inning drive to center that tied the game for the Sox, just before they took a lead in a 4-3 win over the Pirates. A late-inning, big hit from the clean-up hitter. A come-from-behind win. MORE RED SOX: Drellich: Sandoval looks destined to be a platoon player Moreland doubles in 7th game in a row, breaking record shared with Ortiz, Varitek Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? “I had a chance to play with David,” Ramirez said. “And I saw, he never tried to overdo, and he always stayed calm and let the ball come to him.” Continue to Article

April 13, 2017 9:42:pm EST

Hanley Ramirez looked plenty healthy in a big spot for the Boston Red Sox. After a recent absence because of the flu, Ramirez doubled during a three-run rally in the eighth inning Thursday that sent the Red Sox over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3. "I think he's carried what he did last year into this season despite missing the four games in Detroit," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. Continue to Article

April 13, 2017 9:20:pm EST