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CLEVELAND (AP) — The Kansas City Royals were playing their best baseball of the season coming into this weekend series against the Indians.

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles had 19 points and 13 rebounds and the New York Liberty used a strong third quarter to beat the Seattle Storm 86-78 on Sunday night.

PHILADELPHIA — Wily Peralta can't pinpoint exactly what his problems have been. But the Milwaukee Brewers pitcher knows he has to figure out a way to fix them soon.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Seager's compact swing is carrying the Los Angeles Dodgers while the veterans try to find their offense.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The wait was worth it for the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — After blowing a five-run lead, the Cincinnati Reds almost came all the way back from a five-run deficit.

Brewers starter Wily Peralta allows five earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Throughout this very trying season for the New York Yankees, manager Joe Girardi could at least count on the back end of his bullpen to be consistent.

CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Corbin knew what he was up against, with the Diamondbacks trying to snap Jake Arrieta's historic win streak and avoid a sweep by the major league-leading Cubs.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wily Peralta can't pinpoint exactly what his problems have been. But the Milwaukee Brewers pitcher knows he has to figure out a way to fix them soon.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Matt Wieters was sitting around for more than five hours when Orioles manager Buck Showalter summoned him to handle an extremely difficult task: Go to plate as a pinch-hitter to face Aroldis Chapman, who regularly busts the…

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Stefen Romero caught a shallow flyball, and the Seattle left fielder double-pumped with his glove as speedy Texas baserunner Elvis Andrus trotted off third before sprinting for home.

BOSTON (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez thought every time he made a bad pitch, it went over the Green Monster.

John Roach was 6 when his father, also named John, came home from his job at Badger Sporting Goods on State Street raving about a 17-year-old African-American boxer from Louisville, Kentucky, who had visited the store that day.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Jepsen's performance with the Minnesota Twins last season gave the team confidence it had a quality option at the back end of the bullpen when closer Glen Perkins went on the disabled list in April.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence will undergo surgery Thursday for a torn right hamstring and is likely to be sidelined eight weeks.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Sam Lanier pitched five shutout innings in relief and East Carolina hit three home runs on Sunday as East Carolina completed an unbeaten run through the Charlottesville regional and advanced to the super regional round for…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Nick Solak homered and knocked in all three Louisville runs, and left-hander Drew Harrington held Wright State to five hits over 7 1/3 innings as the top-seeded Cardinals clinched the Louisville Regional with a 3-1 victory…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali's younger brother wept, swayed to hymns and hugged anyone he could reach. He raised his hands to the sky, eyes closed, surrounded by congregants at the church where their father once worshipped.

CINCINNATI (AP) — With the bases loaded and nobody out in the ninth inning, Jonathan Papelbon was clinging to a one-run lead.