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9:18 PM on Saturday, August 16

John Rave homered playing in place of the ailing Vinnie Pasquantino and the Kansas City Royals beat Chicago White Sox 6-2 on Saturday night to move above

9:11 PM on Saturday, August 16

Dylan Nealis scored his first career goal in MLS to help the New York Red Bulls beat Philadelphia 1-0 and snap the Union’s five-game unbeaten streak

9:07 PM on Saturday, August 16

Rookie Idan Toklomati scored in the first half and Kristijan Kahlina made it stand up the Charlotte FC beat Real Salt Lake 1-0 for its sixth straight victory

9:07 PM on Saturday, August 16

Michael Harris II homered and doubled, Nacho Alvarez Jr. and Nick Allen each had three hits, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Guardians 10-1 on Saturday night

8:55 PM on Saturday, August 16

Jules-Anthony Vilsaint scored his first goal of the season and Sean Johnson had six saves for Toronto FC in a 1-1 tie with the Columbus Crew

8:51 PM on Saturday, August 16

Mark Delgado scored early in the second half and Mathieu Choinière found the net in stoppage time to lead Los Angeles FC to a 2-0 victory over the New England Revolution

8:50 PM on Saturday, August 16

Lionel Messi made a triumphant return from injury, helping Inter Miami secure a 3-1 victory over LA Galaxy

8:44 PM on Saturday, August 16

Jackson Hopkins scored his first goal in MLS for D

8:06 PM on Saturday, August 16

Akie Iwai of Japan eagled the fifth hole and birdied the other three par 5s at Columbia Edgewater, shooting an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead in The Standard Portland Classic

8:05 PM on Saturday, August 16

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza liked what he saw in rookie pitcher Nolan McLean

7:49 PM on Saturday, August 16

The San Francisco 49ers lost starting right guard Dominic Puni and two other offensive players in the first half of their 22-19 preseason win over the Las Vegas Raiders

6:39 PM on Saturday, August 16

Winger Sevu Reece has scored two first half tries and hooker Samisoni Taukei’aho added two in the second to propel New Zealand to a 41-24 win over Argentina in its opening match in the Rugby Championship

6:21 PM on Saturday, August 16

Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty proved he could deliver hits and absorb them at the NFL level

6:19 PM on Saturday, August 16

Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur said safety Omar Brown will spend Saturday night in an Indianapolis hospital for further evaluation after suffering a chest contusion in a preseason game against the Colts

6:13 PM on Saturday, August 16

Nolan McLean provided the struggling Mets a much-needed lift, tossing 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his major league debut as New York beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1

6:10 PM on Saturday, August 16

Trevor Story hit a three-run homer, and the Boston Red Sox held off the Miami Marlins for a 7-5 victory

6:04 PM on Saturday, August 16

Houston Astros stars Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio had simple instructions for rookie reliever Billy Wagner when he was called up in 1995 — “Sit there

5:54 PM on Saturday, August 16

The Philadelphia Phillies have placed ace Zack Wheeler on the 15-day injured list with a blood clot in his right arm

5:32 PM on Saturday, August 16

Robert MacIntyre passed a big test in the BMW Championship

3:36 PM on Saturday, August 16

Backup quarterback Zach Wilson had a strong first half for the Dolphins and third-stringer Quinn Ewers threw for two second-half touchdowns as Miami beat the Detroit Lions 24-17 in the preseason