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Joey Gallo nearly backed up his manager’s big prediction. Gallo hit two solo homers, Ariel Jurado threw seven shutout innings and the Rangers completed a three-game sweep of Detroit with a 3-1 win over the Tigers on Thursday. “I actually made a bold prediction that he was going to hit three homers today to get […]

Defending Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber reached the Eastbourne final on Friday when Ons Jabeur withdrew with an injury. Jabeur rolled her right ankle during Thursday’s quarterfinal match against Alize Cornet and the Tunisian couldn’t recover in time for her second career semifinal match. Chasing her first title since she beat Serena Williams in last year’s

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been set up for a potential semifinal matchup at Wimbledon. With defending champion Novak Djokovic in the top half of the men’s bracket, the No. 2-seeded Federer and No. 3-seeded Nadal ended up placed together in the bottom half during Friday’s draw at the All England Club. Nadal is

Craig Kimbrel got a little help settling in at Wrigley Field. Kimbrel dodged trouble for a save in his season debut when new teammate Anthony Rizzo dived into first base for the final out, and the Chicago Cubs rallied from five runs down to beat the Atlanta Braves 9-7 on Thursday. “The first one’s always

Nate Lashley tried and failed to qualify for a spot in the Rocket Mortgage Classic earlier this week. He chose to stay in Detroit, hoping to slip into the field as an alternate. Good call. Lashley birdied the final three holes and five of the last six for a 9-under 63 and the first-round lead

The baseballs were flying in a — surprise, surprise — slugfest at Coors Field and the results were all too familiar. The Dodgers just have Colorado’s number. Chris Taylor drove in the go-ahead run with a bloop single as part of a four-run ninth, Max Muncy hit two of Los Angeles’ six homers and the

Eduardo Escobar’s late RBI single meant a little more Thursday after an emotional cross-country trip. Earlier in the day, the Arizona third baseman had been in Miami for meetings with immigration officials as two of his boys received their green cards. Diamondbacks owners provided their private plane to get him there after Wednesday’s game in

Shoehi Ohtani and Kole Calhoun each hit two-run homers, Griffin Canning allowed only three hits over six innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 8-3 Thursday night for their fourth straight win. Both homers were to center field and came on sinker pitches by Tanner Anderson (0-3). Calhoun’s drive gave Los Angeles

Another productive sixth inning helped the Washington Nationals reach a notable point of their season. A night after they scored three runs in the sixth to build a lead and eventually defeat the Miami Marlins, the Nationals did it again Thursday. Victor Robles and Matt Adams homered against starter Sandy Alcantara during a five-run sixth

A look at what’s happening around the majors Friday: SETTLING IN Craig Kimbrel got a little help settling in at Wrigley Field, and now he and the Chicago Cubs are hitting the road. Kimbrel got the save in his season debut Thursday, but only after Anthony Rizzo dived to tag first base for the final