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9:58 PM on Friday, May 8

Luke Raley drove in a career-high seven runs with his first grand slam and a three-run homer to power the Seattle Mariners to a 12-8 victory over the Chicago White Sox

9:48 PM on Friday, May 8

Colorado pinch-hitter Troy Johnston doubled home automatic runner Willi Castro in the 11th inning, and Jake McCarthy plated Johnston with a single, boosting the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies

9:36 PM on Friday, May 8

Katie O’Kane scored a pair of goals and Racing Louisville won its second match of the NWSL season with a 3-1 victory over the first-place Portland Thorns

9:22 PM on Friday, May 8

Dylan Cease struck out 10, reaching double digits for the third time in eight starts this season, and the Toronto Blue Jays stopped a four-game losing streak by beating the Angels 2-0 and dealing Los Angeles its 14th defeat in 18 games

9:22 PM on Friday, May 8

Travis Bazzana hit his first major league home run, rookie Parker Messick allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings and the Cleveland Guardians won their third straight, beating the Minnesota Twins 6-4

9:17 PM on Friday, May 8

Foster Griffin struck out a season-high nine over seven innings of two-run ball, and Jacob Young homered as the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-2

9:13 PM on Friday, May 8

Shakira Austin made four free throws down the stretch and the Washington Mystics held on to beat the Toronto Tempo 68-65, spoiling the Tempo’s first game

8:52 PM on Friday, May 8

Nick Kurtz hit a two-run triple in the fifth inning, and the Athletics edged the Baltimore Orioles 4-3

8:49 PM on Friday, May 8

Wilyer Abreu and Ceddanne Rafaela hit solo home runs in back-to-back innings, Connelly Early struck out eight and the Boston Red Sox snapped the Tampa Bay Rays seven-game winning streak with a 2-0 victory

8:48 PM on Friday, May 8

Breanna Stewart had 31 points and 10 rebounds to help the short-handed New York Liberty open their season with a 106-75 rout of the Connecticut Sun

8:41 PM on Friday, May 8

Zach Dezenzo and Yordan Alvarez hit two-run homers, Mike Burrows allowed three hits in seven innings, and the Houston Astros beat Cincinnati 10-0, extending the Reds losing streak to eight games

8:08 PM on Friday, May 8

Katy Perry will perform at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on June 12 before the first World Cup game in the United States

8:08 PM on Friday, May 8

The Chicago Cubs have reinstated right-hander Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list, the same day manager Craig Counsell said reliever Hunter Harvey had a setback in his recovery from right triceps inflammation that has sidelined him for a month

7:52 PM on Friday, May 8

Carolina and Colorado have put on a clinic for how to start the playoffs

7:39 PM on Friday, May 8

Rory McIlroy is no longer opposed to LIV Golf players returning to the PGA Tour

7:39 PM on Friday, May 8

Blake Snell will make his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves

7:36 PM on Friday, May 8

Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs says he’s been declared cancer free two years after announcing that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer

7:02 PM on Friday, May 8

Jeeno Thitikul has used a combination of good golf and timely weather to take the lead in the Mizuho Americas Open on the LPGA

6:43 PM on Friday, May 8

Spike Lee, known for his love of the Knicks, attended a playoff game with a basketball-themed bag over his shoulder

6:31 PM on Friday, May 8

General manager George Paton has signed a five-year contract with the Denver Broncos