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6:08 PM on Sunday, August 2

Bryce Harper and Bryan De La Cruz both homered, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-0 in a game halted by rain after 5 1/2 innings

6:03 PM on Sunday, August 2

Home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak left the game between the Detroit Tigers and Athletics after taking a foul ball off his mask

5:58 PM on Sunday, August 2

Kyle Freeland gave up one run and struck out eight in his first career complete game, Jake McCarthy hit a three-run homer, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Kansas City Royals 8-1 to finish off a three-game series sweep

5:57 PM on Sunday, August 2

Walbert Ureña pitched three-hit ball over six innings and Wade Meckler hit a two-run homer off Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Brewers 3-0

5:27 PM on Sunday, August 2

José Caballero lined a two-run homer, Gerrit Cole pitched into the sixth inning and the New York Yankees hung on to top the Chicago Cubs 2-1 on SundayNew York got a 3 1/3 scoreless innings from relievers Brent Headrick, Paul Blackburn and David Bednar, to take two of three at Wrigley Field

5:24 PM on Sunday, August 2

Yordan Alvarez tied a career high with four hits, Jeremy Peña hit a home run, and the Houston Astros used a four-run seventh inning to pull away from the Texas Rangers 7-3 and complete a series sweep

5:11 PM on Sunday, August 2

Chase Burns won his 12th straight decision and Sal Stewart hit his 24th home run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-2

4:47 PM on Sunday, August 2

Anthony Kay tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings, Andrew Benintendi, Everson Pereira and Miguel Vargas hit home runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-1 on Sunday

4:39 PM on Sunday, August 2

Michael Petersen worked out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in the seventh inning as the Miami Marlins beat the Mets 2-0 Sunday shortly after New York traded opening day starter Freddy Peralta to Tampa Bay

4:38 PM on Sunday, August 2

Athletics slugger Nick Kurtz will see a hand specialist in Los Angeles on Monday about his injured right thumb and could be headed to the injured list

4:21 PM on Sunday, August 2

José Fermin hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1, avoiding a three-game sweep

4:04 PM on Sunday, August 2

Mike Yastrzemski homered and drove in two runs and the Atlanta Braves beat the slumping Washington Nationals 4-2 to complete a rare four-game sweep

3:44 PM on Sunday, August 2

The first-place Tampa Bay Rays gave their starting rotation a boost, acquiring pitcher Freddy Peralta from the struggling New York Mets for three minor leaguers

3:16 PM on Sunday, August 2

Alex Palou and Alexander Rossi were sold on the new IndyCar at first glance

2:59 PM on Sunday, August 2

A crowd of supporters and critics of Indiana guard Sophie Cunningham’s stance on transgender participation in women’s sports gathered around and inside Target Center as the Fever faced the Lynx in Minnesota

2:08 PM on Sunday, August 2

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham says FIFA President Gianni Infantino is not the right man to lead world soccer’s governing body in the latest fallout from the now abandoned plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors

1:46 PM on Sunday, August 2

Lorena Wiebes has again sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Women’s Tour de France

12:14 PM on Sunday, August 2

The Atlanta Braves have placed right-hander Reynaldo López on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation

11:44 AM on Sunday, August 2

The Los Angeles Sparks have traded All-Star guard Kelsey Plum to the Phoenix Mercury for a first-round pick next year, Monique Akoa Makani and a second-round draft choice in 2028

10:38 AM on Sunday, August 2

Justin Greaves makes a gritty half century in an unbroken partnership of 66 with Roston Chase to guide West Indies to 239-5 at stumps on the opening day of the second cricket test against Pakistan