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Kevin Gausman (GAWZ'-mihn) struck out a season-best 10 in six innings, Daulton Varsho hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh and the Toronto Blue Jays pulled away for a 9-1 victory over the skidding Detroit Tigers. Vladimir Guerrero Junior and Isiah Kiner-Falefa (KYE'-nuhr fuh-LEH'-fuh) also went deep as the Blue Jays won for the fourth time in five games. Bo Bichette (bih-SHET') had three hits. Detroit has lost five straight.
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Tyler Soderstrom drew a bases-loaded walk to cap a five-run 11th inning and the Oakland Athletics stunned the Colorado Rockies 10-9 in the rubber match of a three-game series. Oakland trailed 9-5 before Max Schuemann doubled home a run to start the winning rally. It was the second of four-run deficits the A's overcame in sending the Rockies to their fifth loss in six games following a seven-game winning streak.
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The Whitecaps say Argentine superstar Lionel Messi is not expected to be in Inter Miami C-F's lineup when the two clubs face off in Vancouver on Saturday. The Whitecaps say the club has not received an official update on the availability of Messi or his teammates Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets (BOO'-skets), but the 'Caps understand the trio will not make the trip. More than 50-thousand people were expected at Saturday's game.
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The N-C-A-A and five major college sports conferences have agreed to settle antitrust allegations for nearly 2.8 billion dollars (US) over the next 10 years. The deal also calls for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to college athletes as soon as fall 2025. If approved by a judge, the payouts will go to thousands of former and current college athletes who were not allowed to earn money from endorsement and sponsorship deals dating to 2016.
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Marina Mabrey had 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat the New York Liberty 90-81. Angel Reese added 13 points and nine rebounds for the Sky, who got a win for first-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon in her return to New York. Weatherspoon starred as a player for the Liberty in the W-N-B-A’s early days, helping them reach the finals in three of the league’s first four years.
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