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Peña’s grand slam, Alvarez’s 2 homers power Astros to 8-5 win over Marlins 07/20/2026 11:15pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Jeremy Peña hit a grand slam, Yordan Alvarez homered twice and the Houston Astros snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-5 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night. Peña hit his second career grand slam as part of a six-run second inning, which was capped by Alvarez’s fir A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young combine for 50 points to lead the Aces past the Tempo 109-83 07/20/2026 11:12pm • TORONTO (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 26 points, Jackie Young had a season-high 24 points to go with 12 assists, and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Toronto Tempo 109-83 on Monday night. Wilson went 11 of 14 from the field and Young made four 3-pointers, the last to give Las Vegas a 99-79 lead with 3:39 Pratt hits 1st career homer as Brewers beat Mets 8-3 in Peralta's return to Milwaukee 07/20/2026 11:11pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cooper Pratt hit his first major league homer and had his first career three-hit game to help spoil Freddy Peralta’s return to Milwaukee as the Brewers defeated the New York Mets 8-3 on Monday night. Joey Ortiz had a three-run homer and Andrew Vaughn launched a two-run shot for Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu lead Liberty to 99-98 OT win over short-handed Wings 07/20/2026 10:56pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 33 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, Sabrina Ionescu scored 12 of her 21 points in overtime, and the New York Liberty beat the short-handed Dallas Wings 99-98 on Monday night to snap a four-game skid. After scoring just nine points in the third quar Hurricane Fausto forms in the eastern Pacific far from Mexico’s Baja peninsula 07/20/2026 10:54pm • MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Fausto forms in the eastern Pacific far from Mexico’s Baja peninsula. Loftin's squeeze bunt in the ninth gives the Royals a 4-3 victory over the Giants 07/20/2026 10:49pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Loftin's squeeze bunt with one out in the ninth inning scored Josh Rojas to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. Rojas hit a single to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Tolbert and Road deaths down in Maryland in 2026, officials hope trend continues 07/20/2026 10:42pm • Fewer people have died on Maryland's roads so far in 2026 compared to the same period last year, and state and local officials are hoping to continue that trend. According to crash data from Maryland's Highway Safety Office, there were 213 traffic fatalities statewide as of July 20. By the sa Red Sox extend win streak to 14, beating Orioles 6-5 to end Baltimore's 7-game streak 07/20/2026 10:38pm • BOSTON (AP) — Caleb Durbin hit a tiebreaking homer over the Green Monster with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox extended the second-longest winning streak in club history to 14 games, beating Baltimore 6-5 on Monday night to snap the Orioles' season-best win streak at seven. T Jazz Chisholm Jr. homers twice and drives in 5 as Yankees sink Pirates 8-5 after benches clear 07/20/2026 10:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in consecutive at-bats against All-Star Braxton Ashcraft and drove in five runs, powering the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Both benches and bullpens emptied after José Caballero bounced into an inning-end Royals All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. leaves win over Giants with back tightness 07/20/2026 10:32pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals All-Star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. left Monday night's 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants with back tightness, which also kept him out a day earlier. Witt struck out in the first inning and walked in the third. Nick Loftin replaced him in the top of Australia's 'Big Four' bowlers back in the frame for Bangladesh test cricket series 07/20/2026 10:26pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The so-called Big Four could be reunited in Australia's bowling attack with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon returning from injuries for a two-test cricket series next month against Bangladesh. Pace bowlers Cummins, Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc and offspinner Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthis say they will block Saudi shipping at Red Sea gateway 07/20/2026 10:23pm • CAIRO (AP) — Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Monday announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on Sanaa International Airport, threatening another vital waterway for global shipping and raising fears of ren Halpin and Hoskins hit 2 homers each and Guardians hit 7 longballs in 13-4 win over Twins 07/20/2026 10:20pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Petey Halpin and Rhys Hoskins each went deep twice and the Cleveland Guardians matched a franchise record for a home game by hitting seven home runs in their 13-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night. Bryan Rocchio, Travis Bazzana and Patrick Bailey also homered for Cl US soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii, military says 07/20/2026 10:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday — the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. The Defense Department said in a statement that Tyler Rays hit 3 solo homers, Nick Martinez pitches 6 innings for win as Rays beat Blue Jays 7-1 07/20/2026 10:06pm • TORONTO (AP) — Cedric Mullins, Victor Mesa Jr. and Nick Fortes hit solo homers, Nick Martinez pitched six innings of one-run ball and the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the struggling Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Monday night. Junior Caminero had three hits and an RBI, Yandy Díaz had two hits an