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10:33 PM on Friday, June 26

Derek Hill made quite a first impression with the Philadelphia Phillies by hitting dramatic ninth-inning homers in consecutive games this week

10:15 PM on Friday, June 26

Red Sox left-hander Payton Tolle woke up Friday morning feeling under the weather

10:11 PM on Friday, June 26

Jacob Misiorowski threw a 105.5 mph pitch, tying for the third-fastest since tracking began in 2008, winning for the eighth time in nine decisions to lead the Milwaukee Brewers over the Chicago Cubs 6-2 on for their fifth straight win

9:54 PM on Friday, June 26

Tristan Peters hit a grand slam and had six RBIs, Miguel Vargas had a three-run homer and an RBI double in Chicago’s 10-run third inning, and the White Sox routed the Kansas City Royals 22-1 on Friday night

9:22 PM on Friday, June 26

Esther González converted a penalty in the first half and Jordynn Dudley added a late goal to give Gotham FC a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Current in the Challenge Cup on Friday night

9:20 PM on Friday, June 26

Nathan Eovaldi struck out nine in seven shutout innings to win his third straight start, Justin Foscue homered and drove in three runs, and the Texas Rangers held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4

9:19 PM on Friday, June 26

Pinch-hitter Noelvi Marte hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning after Cincinnati scored four runs off Paul Skenes in the second, and the Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4

9:06 PM on Friday, June 26

Trevor Rogers pitched into the seventh inning and Blaze Alexander hit a two-run single to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Nationals

9:01 PM on Friday, June 26

Spain has defeated Uruguay 1-0 after another goalkeeping mistake by Fernando Muslera to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup and eliminate the South American powerhouse

8:58 PM on Friday, June 26

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8:52 PM on Friday, June 26

Leila Lacan and Olivia Nelson-Ododa each scored 12 points, Kennedy Burke had 11 off the bench and the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 68-57 on Friday night

8:47 PM on Friday, June 26

Kamilla Cardoso set a WNBA record by shooting 13 for 13 from the field, scoring a career-high 30 points to lead the Chicago Sky to a 124-94 victory over the expansion Portland Fire 124-94 on Friday night

8:45 PM on Friday, June 26

Junior Caminero hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Cedric Mullins connected in the seventh — both off Zac Gallen — and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Friday night

8:39 PM on Friday, June 26

Payton Tolle retired his first 16 batters and gave up one hit over seven scoreless innings, Willson Contreras homered over the Green Monster and out of Fenway Park, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-1

8:38 PM on Friday, June 26

Keider Montero and Emmanuel De Jesus combined for a five-hitter while both Venezuelans wore hats embroidered with “VZ” after this week’s earthquakes, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 8-0 on Friday night

7:50 PM on Friday, June 26

Ina Yoon stretched her lead at the Women’s PGA Championship with a second-round 69 that put her five strokes up on the second-place pack after another strong South Korean showing

7:45 PM on Friday, June 26

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham became a viral sensation after a memorable moment on Monday night

6:26 PM on Friday, June 26

Lionel Messi will not start when defending World Cup champion Argentina plays its group finale

10:42 AM on Friday, June 26

The New York Rangers are trying to supercharge their retooling effort by acquiring winger Pavel Dorofeyev's rights from Vegas for the Nos

8:36 AM on Friday, June 26

Carlos Mendoza has been fired as manager of the underperforming New York Mets and replaced by Andy Green