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With a season-long, eight-game losing streak now behind them after a 6-2 win on Saturday, the Texas Rangers will try to salvage a split of their four-game series against the American League Central-leading Minnesota Twins on Sunday in Minneapolis.Read more...

The surging Milwaukee Brewers will have to solve longtime nemesis Michael Wacha to complete a sweep of the visiting San Diego Padres on Sunday in the finale of their three-game series.Read more...

It's not hard to figure out what's wrong with the Miami Marlins, who are 2-8 in their past 10 games.Read more...

After hitting 17 home runs in 71 Triple-A games this season, Lenyn Sosa has shown off his stroke lately for the Chicago White Sox.Read more...

Through two games in the series between the New York Yankees and host Tampa Bay Rays, pitching has ruled supreme. And the Rays have done something that most teams have not been able to do this month - keep Aaron Judge's powerful swings in the park.Read more...

The Toronto Blue Jays regained their hitting form Saturday and will aim to continue the trend Sunday afternoon in the finale of their three-game series with the visiting Cleveland Guardians.Read more...

Justin Verlander hasn't thrown a pitch for the Detroit Tigers since the middle of the 2017 season.Read more...

There's no telling how the Baltimore Orioles might draw up their bullpen plans for the time being.Read more...

The visiting Chicago Cubs, in the thick of a chase for a playoff spot, go for a series win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.Read more...

After handing the Los Angeles Dodgers only their fourth loss in August, the host Boston Red Sox aim for a series win when the teams conclude their three-game weekend set on Sunday afternoon.Read more...

Bryce Harper hasn't played in the field in a week, but the two-time MVP has definitely made his presence known at the plate.Read more...

Shohei Ohtani's productivity at the plate in the aftermath of the injury that ended his time on the mound for at least this season was the story in the Los Angeles Angels' first two games against the New York Mets.Read more...

Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass in his first action with the New York Jets in a 32-24 preseason victory over the New York Giants on Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J.Read more...

Teoscar Hernandez hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in a season-best six runs and the Seattle Mariners tied the franchise mark with seven homers while routing the visiting Kansas City Royals 15-2 Saturday afternoon.Read more...

Vanderbilt quarterback AJ Swann threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns, and safety De'Rickey Wright had two interceptions, as the Commodores beat visiting Hawaii 35-28 in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday night.Read more...

Tyler Boyd scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season just moments after opposing midfielder Gaston Gimenez was sent off in the first half as the LA Galaxy went on to a methodical 3-0 victory over the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night.Read more...

Jarrett Stidham and Ben DiNucci combined for 353 passing yards and two touchdowns as the Denver Broncos throttled the visiting Los Angeles Rams 41-0 on Saturday.Read more...

Corey Baird and Daniel Steres each scored a first-half goal to lead the Houston Dynamo to a 3-0 victory over Real Salt Lake in Sandy, Utah, on Saturday night.Read more...

The Cincinnati Reds scored the winning run on a balk in the top of the 11th inning, snapping the Arizona Diamondbacks' six-game winning streak with an 8-7 victory on Saturday night in Phoenix.Read more...

Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams passed for four touchdowns and No. 6 USC cruised past San Jose State, 56-28, in Los Angeles on Saturday in the season opener for both teams.Read more...

Megan Khang birdied four of her last five holes en route to a 4-under 68 on Saturday to stay atop the leaderboard after three rounds of action at the CPKC Women's Open in Vancouver.Read more...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed center Ryan Jensen (knee) on season-ending injured reserve Saturday, and it's likely that his career is also over.Read more...

Three rushers found their way to the end zone as the host Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Miami Dolphins 31-18 in a preseason game on Saturday night.Read more...

Will Grier threw for two touchdowns and rushed for two more to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 31-16 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday night at Arlington, Texas.Read more...

Nkosi Tafari scored a shocking game-winning goal on the final action of the match to lift host FC Dallas to a wild 1-0 win over short-handed Austin FC on Saturday in a Texas Derby match in Frisco, Texas.Read more...

Kyle Trask threw for 192 yards and a touchdown, and Chase McLaughlin made all four of his field-goal attempts as the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers topped the Baltimore Ravens 26-20 on Saturday night in a preseason game.Read more...

Johnny Russell had a goal and an assist in the first half as Sporting Kansas City defeated the San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 to earn a much-needed three points.Read more...

Left-hander Jordan Wicks made a splash in his major league debut Saturday, giving up just one run in five innings and striking out nine in the visiting Chicago Cubs' 10-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.Read more...

Shohei Ohtani had two hits, two runs and two stolen bases Saturday night for the visiting Los Angeles Angels, who raced out to a big early lead and held on for a 5-3 win over the New York Mets.Read more...

Zack Wheeler struck out 10 over seven-plus innings, Nick Castellanos and Brandon Marsh each hit three-run homers during a seven-run seventh inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 12-1 on Saturday.Read more...

Robbie Grossman and Leody Taveras drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks to highlight a four-run ninth inning as the Texas Rangers snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday in Minneapolis.Read more...

Ryan Mountcastle hit a two-run, go-ahead double in the sixth inning and the Baltimore Orioles went on to defeat the visiting Colorado Rockies 5-4 on Saturday night, winning for the seventh time in eight games.Read more...

Daniel Gazdag scored from the penalty spot for his team-high-tying 10th goal of the season and the Philadelphia Union cruised to a 3-1 win against host D.C. United on Saturday night.Read more...

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the acquisition of quarterback Trey Lance was not influenced in any way by the lack of contract negotiations with current QB1 Dak Prescott.Read more...

Viktor Hovland is 18 holes away from an $18 million check and the FedEx Cup trophy.Read more...

No. 6 seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina beat fifth-seeded Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to win the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.Read more...

Lucky loser Sara Sorribes Tormo recorded a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova in the Tennis in the Land final in Cleveland to win her second career title.Read more...

Paul Goydos and England's Darren Clarke each carded a second-round 6-under 66 on Saturday to jump into the lead at the Ally Challenge in Grand Blanc, Mich.Read more...

Adam Duvall's three-run home run in the sixth inning was the difference as the Boston Red Sox beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 8-5 on Saturday.Read more...

Former World No. 2 Paula Badosa of Spain withdrew from the U.S. Open on Saturday due to a back injury and said she won't play again this season.Read more...

Aaron Rodgers hooked up with Garrett Wilson on a pitch-and-catch touchdown in his first action in a New York Jets uniform on Saturday.Read more...

Teoscar Hernandez hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in six runs and Seattle Mariners smashed seven homers while routing the visiting Kansas City Royals 15-2 Saturday afternoon.Read more...

Tampa Bay's Tyler Glasnow crafted 5 1/3 no-hit innings in a scoreless start in the Rays' two-hit shutout of the visiting New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon, topping their American League East foe 3-0 in St. Petersburg, Fla.Read more...

Austin Riley and Orlando Arcia hit home runs, Max Fried pitched six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves won their fourth straight game Saturday afternoon, 7-3 over the host San Francisco Giants.Read more...

The Washington Nationals, down to their last strike, got a game-tying single from Jake Alu and the go-ahead run on a passed ball later in the ninth inning in a 3-2 win over the host Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon.Read more...

The Baltimore Orioles placed All-Star closer Felix Bautista on the 15-day injured list Saturday with what the team is calling "some degree of UCL injury."Read more...

The San Diego Padres placed infielder Jake Cronenworth on the injured list with a fractured right wrist and recalled shortstop Matthew Batten from Triple-A El Paso.Read more...

Time seems to be running out for both the Chicago Sky and Seattle Storm as it pertains to their respective postseason chances.Read more...

Harrison Butker's second field goal, a 44-yarder with 1:48 remaining, provided the edge as the Kansas City Chiefs rallied to beat the visiting Cleveland Browns 33-32 on Saturday in the NFL preseason finale for both teams.Read more...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Kurt Busch, the first NASCAR champion crowned in the Playoff era, announced his retirement from Cup Series competition in a social media post on Saturday before taking questions from reporters in the Daytona International Speedway media center.Read more...