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9:54 PM on Friday, June 12

Michael Busch hit a three-run homer into McCovey Cove beyond right field in the fifth inning to back Javier Assad’s strong start on the mound, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 5-1

9:13 PM on Friday, June 12

Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee homered in the eighth inning — two of three home runs surrendered by St. Louis reliever Ryne Stanek — and the Minnesota Twins outlasted the Cardinals 9-8 on Friday night

8:59 PM on Friday, June 12

Bo Bichette hit a grand slam and a solo homer and matched a career high with six RBIs, leading the New York Mets to a 7-5 win over the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves on Friday night

8:50 PM on Friday, June 12

Yordan Alvarez became the third player in Houston history to hit two homers in an inning, with a two-run shot and a grand slam during a nine-run first, in the Astros’ 10-8 win over the Kansas City Royals

8:34 PM on Friday, June 12

Rookie Colt Emerson homered in a five-run second inning and the Seattle Mariners routed the Washington Nationals 10-2 after a long rain delay Friday night to open a three-game series

8:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Folarin Balogun chose to play for the U.S. and made a splashy World Cup debut

7:56 PM on Friday, June 12

Blake Dunn dropped a fly ball in the ninth inning to allow the go-ahead run to score in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night

7:46 PM on Friday, June 12

Sonia Citron scored 17 points and hit the winning jumper as time expired, rookie Lauren Betts scored a season-high 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting and the Washington Mystics beat the Toronto Tempo 86-85

7:42 PM on Friday, June 12

Roaring crowds wearing stars and stripes came out to support the U.S. men's soccer team in their World Cup opener against Paraguay

7:36 PM on Friday, June 12

Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider left Friday night’s start against the New York Mets in the fourth inning due to right arm soreness

7:35 PM on Friday, June 12

Kazuma Okamoto and George Springer homered, Alejandro Kirk had three hits and two RBIs in his return from injury and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 8-5 on Friday night

7:29 PM on Friday, June 12

Chase Meidroth had three hits and two RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the depleted Los Angeles Dodgers 8-2 in a matchup of division leaders

7:26 PM on Friday, June 12

Colin Hynek’s three-run homer broke open a close game in the eighth inning and sent North Carolina to a 6-2 win over Mississippi in the College World Series

7:07 PM on Friday, June 12

New York Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham left Friday’s game at Toronto in the sixth inning because of right hamstring tightness

6:19 PM on Friday, June 12

Yordan Alvarez became the first player to hit a grand slam and multi-run homer in the first inning of a Major League Baseball game, pulling off the feat for Houston against Kansas City on Friday night

4:55 PM on Friday, June 12

The U.S. has opened its first home World Cup in 32 years with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay

4:40 PM on Friday, June 12

White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami is running again as part of his recovery from a right hamstring strain

3:57 PM on Friday, June 12

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is day to day with left knee inflammation

2:31 PM on Friday, June 12

Tyrus Hall hit the tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, Ian Korn held Troy to one run in his longest relief appearance of the season and West Virginia beat the Trojans 7-5 in a meeting of teams making their first appearances in the College World Series

2:09 PM on Friday, June 12

Late substitute Cyle Larin scored in the 78th minute and co-host Canada earned its first-ever point in a World Cup by rallying for a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina