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10:15 PM on Friday, August 21

The Kansas City Royals powered past the Detroit Tigers 5-2 for their sixth straight win

10:12 PM on Friday, August 21

Yordan Alvarez doubled twice and drove in two runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-0 win over the Athletics Friday night

9:54 PM on Friday, August 21

The Chicago Sky’s home game against Golden State was interrupted when multiple sex toys were thrown on the court, the second consecutive night for a disruption similar to what occurred in several WNBA games last season

9:51 PM on Friday, August 21

Javier Sanoja singled through the middle with the bases loaded and no out in the ninth inning to give the Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night

9:49 PM on Friday, August 21

The Los Angeles Dodgers have optioned pitcher Emmet Sheehan to Triple-A Oklahoma City

9:48 PM on Friday, August 21

Los Angeles Dodgers president Stan Kasten has addressed online speculation about the team's future under owner Mark Walter

9:43 PM on Friday, August 21

Sydney Taylor hit a pull-up 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds left and the Chicago Sky beat the Golden State Valkyries 73-70 on Friday night after squandering a 21-point lead

9:28 PM on Friday, August 21

Alec Bohm tripled to deep center field in the 10th inning Friday night, driving in two runs as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6

9:09 PM on Friday, August 21

Rookie Spencer Jones hit a towering two-run homer in the second inning that was upheld on replay, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory

9:09 PM on Friday, August 21

Willson Contreras hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox held off the San Francisco Giants 6-4 in the return of Rafael Devers to Fenway Park following his trade last spring

8:52 PM on Friday, August 21

Olivia Miles scores 24 points as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 94-84

8:43 PM on Friday, August 21

Pete Alonso hits a go-ahead two-run homer for his 30th of the season, leading the Baltimore Orioles to a 5-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays

8:07 PM on Friday, August 21

Miyu Yamashita opened a five-stroke lead Friday in the CPKC Women’s Open as players again fought mosquitos on the tree-lined course tucked in a bend in the North Saskatchewan River

7:42 PM on Friday, August 21

Luis Robert Jr. faced his first big league team for the first time when the New York Mets opened a weekend series against the Chicago White Sox

7:41 PM on Friday, August 21

Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski outdueled one of his favorite pitchers and got quite a compliment from him afterward

7:13 PM on Friday, August 21

The Baltimore Ravens said Friday they are aware of Rashod Bateman’s arrest in June in Georgia over a domestic violence incident and have been in contact with their receiver

6:50 PM on Friday, August 21

The Arizona Diamondbacks are in a tight playoff race with 34 games left

5:53 PM on Friday, August 21

The Walter Cup is missing — or at least the version of the trophy that belongs to the Professional Women’s Hockey League champion Montreal Victoire, the league told The Associated Press

5:23 PM on Friday, August 21

Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers said he has no regrets about how his Boston Red Sox tenure

3:43 PM on Friday, August 21

The Dallas Mavericks and Klay Thompson have agreed on a contract buyout, ending a two-year tenure that was wrecked by the shocking trade of Luka Doncic