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7:35 PM on Saturday, August 29

Yandy Diaz knocked in three runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning and Chandler Simpson followed with a tiebreaking RBI hit as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat San Diego 7-6 on Saturday in a game in which Padres second baseman Luis Rengifo was carted off with a right knee sprain

7:32 PM on Saturday, August 29

Ruoning Yin chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead Saturday at TPC Boston in the FM Championship

7:25 PM on Saturday, August 29

Dylan Crews hit an RBI single with two out in the 10th inning to give the Washington Nationals a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins

7:23 PM on Saturday, August 29

A person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press that the Buffalo Bills informed veteran punter Mitch Wishnowsky that he is being released as the team began making its cuts for the start of the season

7:08 PM on Saturday, August 29

The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a two-year contract with defenseman Kevin Korchinski

7:05 PM on Saturday, August 29

Dejan Joveljić scored a goal in each half of his debut with Seattle, but Maren Haile-Selassie and Robert Lewandowski answered for Chicago as the Sounders and Fire played to a 2-2 draw on Saturday

7:00 PM on Saturday, August 29

Filip Hrgovic stopped Moses Itauma in the ninth round to hand the 21-year-old British boxer his first loss and take the vacant IBF heavyweight world title on Saturday

6:53 PM on Saturday, August 29

Josh Rojas had his second career game with four RBIs, Salvador Perez hit two doubles and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Guardians 8-3 for their 12th win in 13 games

6:51 PM on Saturday, August 29

Lars Nootbaar hit a pinch grand slam in the seventh inning and Merrill Kelly threw seven shutout innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 7-1 on Saturday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader

6:50 PM on Saturday, August 29

Treynor Cleeland threw for two touchdowns and Jordan Fisher ran for a two scores and UC Davis overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Portland State 21-0 in a season-opening, Big Sky Conference opening contest

6:49 PM on Saturday, August 29

Luke Yoder runs for three touchdowns as Lehigh beats Holy Cross 35-10 in their season opener

6:37 PM on Saturday, August 29

Transfer quarterback Tommy Castellanos is now officially on the roster for 12th-ranked Texas Tech. The Red Raiders announced his addition Saturday, a week before their season opener at home against Abilene Christian

6:31 PM on Saturday, August 29

Alejandro Kirk drove in the tiebreaking run with a two-out single in the sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3

6:08 PM on Saturday, August 29

Australia has taken its scoring chances and showed steel in defense, leading end to end to beat Argentina 27-21 in the first of two rugby test matches

5:59 PM on Saturday, August 29

Julián Álvarez was not even on the bench as Atletico Madrid strolled to a 3-1 win at Sevilla

5:58 PM on Saturday, August 29

The Jacksonville Jaguars acquired quarterback Quinn Ewers from Miami for a sixth-round selection in the 2028 NFL draft

5:44 PM on Saturday, August 29

Riley Herbst won’t compete in the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday night because of “lingering effects” from a crash last weekend

5:37 PM on Saturday, August 29

Austyn Modrzewski set the South Dakota single-game record with six touchdown passes in his first college game and the Coyotes rolled past Central Connecticut 59-20 in the season-opener for both teams

4:22 PM on Saturday, August 29

Chicago Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong is adding to his case for the NL MVP award

3:29 PM on Saturday, August 29

Jaymiëll Martina struck out 12 batters, added an an RBI double and Curacao defeated Japan 4-0 on Saturday to advance to the Little League Baseball World Series Championship for the sixth time in the nation’s history