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9:14 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Rafael Devers homered twice and doubled in a run on the way to five RBIs, Matt Chapman hit his 200th career home run in the seventh, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 12-3 for their fourth straight win

8:31 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Three games into his major league career, Nolan McLean has already accomplished something Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Jacob deGrom or anyone else wearing a New York Mets uniform could not

8:02 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Adolis García, Joc Pederson and Kyle Higashioka each hit a three-run homer, Corey Seager went deep a team-leading 21st time and the Texas Rangers blew out the Los Angeles Angels 20-3

7:46 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Salvador Perez hit a leadoff homer and a two-run double in Kansas City’s eight-run fifth inning as the Royals pummeled the Chicago White Sox 12-1

7:46 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Blaze Alexander and Geraldo Perdomo homered, Ryne Nelson limited Milwaukee to a run in six innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the major league-leading Brewers 3-2 on Wednesday night to end a three-game losing streak

7:45 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Yordan Alvarez homered for the first time since returning from a fractured right hand, helping Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros beat the Colorado Rockies 4-0

7:37 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Leila Lacan had 22 points, Marina Mabrey scored 18 points, including two key free throws with 16.6 seconds left, and the Connecticut Sun beat the Dallas Wings 101-95 for their highest scoring game this season

7:29 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Tommy Pham hit a two-run single in the sixth inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals

7:23 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Bubba Chandler has lived up to the hype so far

7:22 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Addison Barger had a two-run double in the eighth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 9-8 on Wednesday night

6:55 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Chicago Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon has been placed on the 15-day injured list because of a left groin injury that manager Craig Counsell doesn’t believe will keep him down for long

6:54 PM on Wednesday, August 27

A’ja Wilson scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Jackie Young had her second triple-double this season and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Atlanta Dream 91-85 for their 12th consecutive win

6:53 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Nolan McLean became the first New York Mets pitcher to win his first three major league starts, tossing eight magnificent innings in a 6-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies that completed a three-game sweep

6:25 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Carlos Alcaraz’s accidental buzz cut is moving on at the U.S. Open thanks to an easy-as-can-be victory in the second round

6:14 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles

5:27 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O'Connell has been placed on injured reserve after breaking his right wrist in a preseason game against Arizona

4:34 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Eugenio Suárez hit his second three-run homer in two games and the Seattle Mariners held off the San Diego Padres 4-3

2:21 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Novak Djokovic says he is trying to solve riddles in his game at the U.S. Open

1:57 PM on Wednesday, August 27

Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone says two-way star and new father Travis Hunter is “rolling full speed” after missing the final two games of the preseason with an upper-body injury

7:07 AM on Wednesday, August 27

The startup Olympic-style sports festival promising no drug testing has filed an $800 million antitrust lawsuit against its main critics for what it claims is an illegal campaign to make athletes boycott its own event