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12:55 AM on Thursday, August 21

The Kansas City Royals lead 2-1 in a four-game series with the Texas Rangers

12:55 AM on Thursday, August 21

The Boston Red Sox enter the matchup against the New York Yankees after losing three straight games

12:55 AM on Thursday, August 21

The Washington Nationals and New York Mets meet on Thursday with the winner claiming the three-game series

12:55 AM on Thursday, August 21

The Colorado Rockies lead 2-1 in a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers

12:55 AM on Thursday, August 21

The Tampa Bay Rays take on the St. Louis Cardinals looking to end a three-game home losing streak

11:47 PM on Wednesday, August 20

A player has been banned for four games for a homophobic slur against an opponent in a top-flight Australian rules football game, the sixth AFL-listed player suspended for a similar act in the past 16 months

11:00 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Dallas hosts the Seattle Storm after Paige Bueckers scored 44 points in the Dallas Wings' 81-80 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks

10:50 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Paige Bueckers put together not just one of the best shooting performances by a WNBA rookie, but one of the best performances ever by any player

9:49 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Kelsey Plum banked in the winning shot just before the final buzzer and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Dallas Wings 81-80 to spoil rookie Paige Bueckers’ career-high 44-point performance

9:30 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Gavin Sheets hit two of San Diego’s four home runs and drove in four runs, and Fernando Tatis Jr. robbed San Francisco’s Rafael Devers of a homer as the Padres beat the Giants 8-1

9:12 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker played with a small fracture in his right hand after he got hurt in June

9:09 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Yusei Kikuchi threw seven strong innings, Luis Rengifo hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-1 on Wednesday night

9:08 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Yankees rookie Cam Schlittler carried a perfect game into the seventh inning Wednesday night against the Rays, the longest bid by a New York rookie in nearly 60 years

8:20 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Hunter Goodman had three hits and three RBIs, Tanner Gordon gave up one run in six innings, and the MLB-worst Colorado Rockies roughed up Shohei Ohtani in his first pitching start at Coors Field in an 8-3 victory over the Dodgers

8:05 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Giancarlo Stanton had a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the 10th to lift the Yankees to a 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays, their first road victory in seven extra-inning games this year

7:59 PM on Wednesday, August 20

San Francisco Giants right-hander Landen Roupp was carted off the field after he was hit by a line drive by Ramón Laureano of the San Diego Padres in the third inning Wednesday night

7:51 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a forgettable outing in his first career pitching start against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field

7:49 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Michael Busch hit a three-run double off Jacob Misiorowski, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 for their third consecutive victory over the NL Central leaders

7:41 PM on Wednesday, August 20

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made a sensational leaping catch to rob San Francisco’s Rafael Devers of a home run

6:52 PM on Wednesday, August 20

Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defended their U.S. Open mixed doubles title Wednesday night, keeping a traditional team on top of a revamped event filled with singles stars