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9:22 PM on Saturday, June 13

Tarik Skubal showed some rust, and that was to be expected

9:15 PM on Saturday, June 13

Aldon Smith, a former All-Pro linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers whose playing career was sidetracked by legal issues, has died

9:12 PM on Saturday, June 13

Sophie Cunningham hit three 3-pointers and scored the final 11 points for Indiana, helping the Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 85-75 on Saturday night to improve to 4-1 in Commissioner’s Cup play

8:55 PM on Saturday, June 13

The Netherlands will have goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen and top scorer Memphis Depay ready for their World Cup opener

8:47 PM on Saturday, June 13

Portugal is very aware of the enormous expectations it faces in the World Cup

7:47 PM on Saturday, June 13

Ceddanne Rafaela’s two-run single snapped a tie in the seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 6-3

7:28 PM on Saturday, June 13

Cleveland Guardians star third baseman José Ramírez broke a bone in his left hand during Saturday’s game and will be sidelined an indefinite period

7:19 PM on Saturday, June 13

Luis García Jr. broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-3

7:19 PM on Saturday, June 13

Spencer Horwitz was hit by a pitch from Anthony Bender with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to bring in the go-ahead run and give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 3-2 win over Miami

7:02 PM on Saturday, June 13

Jackson Suber has his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour and goes after his first win at the RBC Canadian Open

6:57 PM on Saturday, June 13

Jackson Merrill and Samad Taylor each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and three more San Diego batters went deep as the Padres rolled to a 9-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles

6:57 PM on Saturday, June 13

Eli White homered and matched a career high with three hits, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 3-1 win over the New York Mets

6:56 PM on Saturday, June 13

Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu says he made the final decision about team captain Wataru Endo not playing in the World Cup

6:45 PM on Saturday, June 13

Tarik Skubal was tagged for a two-run homer by Cleveland’s Daniel Schneemann in the two-time reigning Cy Young winner’s return from elbow surgery and the Guardians downed the Detroit Tigers 3-1

6:10 PM on Saturday, June 13

Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto lost a bid for a no-hitter when Tristan Peters hit a leadoff homer for the Chicago White Sox in the ninth inning

5:54 PM on Saturday, June 13

Paul Goldschmidt hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1

5:54 PM on Saturday, June 13

San Diego infielder Xander Bogaerts was hit on the helmet by a pitch in the top of the fifth against Baltimore

4:33 PM on Saturday, June 13

Jayne Kamin-Oncea been an Associated Press freelance photographer in Los Angeles for the past 10 years

3:57 PM on Saturday, June 13

Looks like Shohei Ohtani is feeling much better

8:34 AM on Saturday, June 13

Throngs of UFC fans have descended on the nation's capital for an unusual fight night at the White House