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Ohtani leaves game against Padres with biceps issue and is unlikely to pitch in All-Star Game 07/04/2026 02:44am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani left Friday night's game against the San Diego Padres in the seventh inning with a right biceps issue and is unlikely to pitch in the All-Star Game after the Los Angeles Dodgers adjusted his schedule. The two-way superstar was hitless in three at-bats before being Las Vegas hosts Indiana following overtime win against Chicago 07/04/2026 02:09am • Indiana Fever (11-8, 5-4 Eastern Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (15-5, 10-4 Western Conference) Las Vegas; Sunday, 7 p.m. EDT LINE: Aces -7.5; over/under is 181.5 BOTTOM LINE: Las Vegas Aces hosts the Indiana Fever after the Aces took down the Chicago Sky 98-90 in overtime. The Aces have gone 6-3 at Bueckers leads Dallas against Toronto after 25-point outing 07/04/2026 02:09am • Dallas Wings (12-8, 6-6 Western Conference) at Toronto Tempo (9-10, 4-6 Eastern Conference) Toronto; Sunday, 3 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Dallas Wings visits the Toronto Tempo after Paige Bueckers scored 25 points in the Wings' 86-83 win over the Connecticut Sun. The Tempo have gone 5-4 at home. Toronto Boston's Aroldis Chapman sets MLB record for strikeouts as a reliever with his 1,364th K 07/04/2026 01:45am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aroldis Chapman became the major leagues' career leader in strikeouts as a reliever Friday night, toppling a record that had stood for more than half a century. The Boston Red Sox's 38-year-old left-hander didn't do it with one of the triple-digit fastballs that have made hi Baseball Glance 07/04/2026 01:38am • All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Tampa B Chourio's scratch hit in 11th breaks tie, Brewers top Diamondbacks 7-4 07/04/2026 01:26am • PHOENIX (AP) — Jackson Chourio's slow roller scored the go-ahead run in the 11th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers went on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Friday night. Ryan Thompson (3-2), the eighth Arizona pitcher of the game, entered to start the 11th with automatic runner Blake Perkins Dylan Cease strikes out 9 in 7 innings as Blue Jays blank Mariners 2-0 in ALCS rematch 07/04/2026 01:10am • SEATTLE (AP) — Dylan Cease struck out nine in seven sharp innings to pitch the Toronto Blue Jays past the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Friday night in a rematch of last year's American League Championship Series. Andrés Giménez hit an RBI double and scored when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singled off Marin New York Liberty beat Minnesota Lynx 99-86, denying Cheryl Reeve a WNBA wins record 07/04/2026 01:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 36 points and the New York Liberty beat Minnesota 99-86 on Friday night, spoiling Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve’s first attempt to become the WNBA’s career wins leader. Reeve is tied with Mike Thibault at 379 regular-season victories. Her next chance will be Mo Stowers hits 2 of the Marlins' 5 HRs in a 12-5 win over the A's 07/04/2026 01:05am • WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Stowers hit two home runs in a 4-for-5 night, Heriberto Hernández, Jakob Marsee and Owen Caissie also homered and the Miami Marlins beat the Athletics 12-5 on Friday night. Stowers had his second four-hit game of the season, matching a June 17 performance again Jhon Arias scores and Colombia beats Ghana 1-0 to reach the World Cup Round of 16 07/04/2026 01:04am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The plan for Colombia against Ghana on Friday night probably did not involve making a substitution just minutes into the match. That plan also went by the wayside when Jhon Córdoba appeared to hurt his groin. Forced into making a rare early move, Colombia coach Néstor Lor High-A Northwest League Glance 07/04/2026 01:01am • x-first half winner All Times EDT Thursday's Games Spokane 5, Hillsboro 4 Everett 4, Tri-City 2 Eugene at Vancouver, ppd. to July 3 Friday's Games Vancouver 5, Eugene 3, 1st game Eugene 9, Vancouver 0, 2nd game Everett 15, Tri-City 2 Spokane 4, Hillsboro 2 Saturday's Games Eugene at Vancouver, 8:05 Smith scores 29 to help the Aces beat the Sky 98-90 07/04/2026 01:01am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — NaLyssa Smith had 29 points and eight rebounds, Chelsea Gray made two key jumpers in the final minute of overtime, and the short-handed Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 98-90 on Friday night. Las Vegas (15-5), which was without A’ja Wilson (right leg) for a second straight ga Autism remains widely misunderstood in parts of Africa. A mother in Guinea fights for her child 07/04/2026 01:00am • FRIA, Guinea (AP) — Kazaliou Balde’s parents started worrying about him when as a small child he avoided eye contact and had difficulty communicating. First, the family in the West African nation of Guinea turned to a traditional healer who suggested protective amulets. Then, as the boy dragged Yankees place LHP Carlos Rodón on 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation 07/04/2026 12:47am • NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees placed starting pitcher Carlos Rodón on the 15-day injured list due to left elbow inflammation, nearly two months into his return from offseason elbow surgery. The Yankees made the move Friday, retroactive to Tuesday. On Sunday, Rodón allowed two runs and one Trump hails US exceptionalism before veering into darkly political speech to usher in America 250 07/04/2026 12:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence on Friday with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about a sinister threat of communism that evoked one of the country’s uglie