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Bailey Ober struck out 10 in a four-hitter for his first career complete game and the Minnesota Twins used a seven-run second inning to rout the Oakland Athletics 10-2. Ober needed just 89 pitches to finish the 13th complete game in the…

Zack Wheeler allowed one run and two hits in seven innings while Bryce Harper, Alec Bohm, Nick Castellanos and David Dahl homered as the Philadelphia Phillies cruised to a 12-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. At 50-26, the Phillies…

José Ramírez and Bo Naylor each hit two-run homers and Steven Kwan added a solo shot while pushing his average back near .400, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. All three homers came off José Berríos…

Jon Gray allowed two hits over five innings  to rebound from his worst major league start and Wyatt Langford hit an eighth-inning grand slam that led the Texas Rangers over the Kansas City Royals 6-0. Gray allowed back-to-back third-inning…

Ronel Blanco pitched seven strong innings and Chas McCormick homered twice to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Yordan Alvarez added a two-run shot to help Houston extend its winning streak to four games.…

Jared Jones struck out eight, Oneil Cruz homered into the Allegheny River and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3. Jones (5-6) overcame some early control issues to allow two runs over seven solid innings to bounce back from…

Breanna Stewart had 33 points, seven assists and six blocks to help the New York Liberty beat the Los Angeles Sparks 98-88. Sabrina Ionescu added 24 points and Kayla Thornton had 20 for New York, which has won 10 of its last 11 games,…

Alec Burleson had a career-high five RBIs with his first multi-homer game and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a three-run, first-inning deficit to beat the San Francisco Giants 9-4 and move back over .500. Paul Goldschmidt and Brendan…

A fire has forced the McLaren Formula 1 team to evacuate its hospitality suite at the Spanish Grand Prix. The British team says one team member was taken to a hospital “as a precaution” on Saturday. Two firefighters employed by the Circuit…

NASCAR driver Daniel Suarez took an oath this week and became a United States citizen. Suarez was one of 48 citizens representing 28 countries sworn in at the field office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in Charlotte, North…

Kevin De Bruyne has scored and Belgium has got its Euro 2024 campaign up and running with a 2-0 win against Romania in Cologne. The No. 3-ranked team in the world shook off the shock of losing to Slovakia in its opening game, with a…

Euro 2024 is becoming a very regal affair after the king and queen of Belgium became the latest royals to attend the soccer tournament in Germany. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde were in the crowd for Belgium’s group game against Romania…

Jameson Taillon pitched seven crisp innings, Christopher Morel homered and the Chicago Cubs cooled off the New York Mets with an 8-1 victory. Taillon struck out a season-high 10 in his first win since May 4. The right-hander allowed one run…

The Michigan Supreme Court will consider whether to ban automatic life prison sentences for people who were 19 or 20 years old when they were involved in a major crime. The court took a significant step in 2022 when it said mandatory…

Christopher Bell spoiled the surprise when he accidentally revealed Chase Briscoe would become his teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2025. Bell was asked an innocuous question this week about a potential leadership shift at JGR in the wake of…