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2 days ago | espn.co.uk | Jeff Passan |Kiley McDaniel

Minnesota Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez departed Tuesday night's game against the Athletics because of tightness in his pitching shoulder. Lopez was warming up for the bottom of the sixth inning in West Sacramento, Calif., and after his third toss, he motioned to the dugout. He left after a brief conversation with a trainer and manager Rocco Baldelli. "It looks like it's a lat strain, but it's preliminary at this point," Baldelli said.

2 days ago | espn.co.uk | Jeff Passan |Kiley McDaniel

ST. LOUIS -- Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone went 0-for-5 in his major league debut on Tuesday night, but his presence was enough to help Kansas City overcome a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7. "You see him just come in the clubhouse today, and you see what we do out in the field," Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. said. "That doesn't kind of just happen by chance.

2 days ago | espn.co.uk | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190 for 9 (Kohli 43, Arshdeep 3-40, Jamieson 3-48) beat Punjab Kings 184 for 7 (Shashank 61*, Inglis 39, Krunal 2-17, Bhuvneshwar 2-38) by six runsEighteen years spent in the belief that ee sala cup namde (this year the cup is ours), 17 of them ending in wretched disappointment for one of the IPL's biggest and most passionate fan bases, three of them ending with defeat at the final hurdle.

4 days ago | espn.co.uk | Jeff Passan

PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic -- The trial of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco started Monday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl. Franco told judges he wants justice to be done. Franco has been charged in the northern province of Puerto Plata with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking.

6 days ago | espn.co.uk | David Schoenfield

NEW YORK -- Juan Soto snapped a 17-game home run drought with a 404-foot homer to left-centerfield in the fourth inning of the New York Mets' 8-2 win Saturday over the Colorado Rockies. Soto's first homer since May 9 was clocked at 109.5 mph off the bat but hit into a 14 mph wind blowing out to right field. "He put a really good swing on it," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said.